Making Homemade Wine and Beer

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Ingredients
* 5 lbs grated pumpkin flesh * 3-1/4 lbs finely granulated sugar * 1/2 oz citric acid * 1 tsp yeast nutrient * 1/4 tsp yeast energizer * 6-1/2 pts water * wine yeast (see note below)

Procedure
Bring the water to a boil and stir in the sugar until dissolved. Remove from heat. 

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Ingredients
Age all wines one year or more.
5 pounds pea pods 6 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1 teaspoon yeast nutrients 2 teaspoons acid blend 1/2 teaspoon pectic enzyme 1 campden tablet [...]

Fourth in the Series
Cornmeal wine is initially a bit slower to ferment than many other wines, so be patient with it. Once the fermentation gets going, it makes a good dry wine.
Makes 1 gallon.
2 lemons
3 oranges
1 1/2 pounds cornmeal
2 1/4 pounds sugar
3 pints grape juice concentrate
1/4 ounce ground rice
1 Campden tablet
1 package wine yeast
1 [...]

Originally posted on Making Homemade Wine and Beer in September 2006 that is why there is a reference to Thanksgiving.
With Thanksgiving just a few months away, I thought that I would post this recipe for sweet potato wine. I’m not sure if I personally would try sweet potato wine with my turkey dinner. [...]