Blackberry Wine

Description

This simple fruit wine recipe is a great way to try brewing for the first time!
 Email this recipe
 Print this recipe

Ingredients

At a glance
Seasonal
Summer
Autumn
Makes
2 litres
  • 1 kg blackberries
  • 50ml strong black tea
  • 2 litres filtered water
  • 750g sugar
  • Juice of ½ a lemon

Methods/steps

  1. Wash a food grade bucket with very hot soapy water and rinse well.
  2. Combine the tea, water and sugar in the bucket and stir until the sugar was dissolved.
  3. Then add the lemon juice and blackberries and cover with a tight lid.
  4. Check the brew once a day to stir and see if it is fermenting (there is natural yeast on the berries so there should be no need to add commercial yeast).
  5. After three days, remove the berries and strain through muslin into a bottle with an airlock fitted.
  6. After a month it can be decanted into old wine bottles and enjoyed! Although the longer you can resist and leave it to age, the better the flavour.

Additional Tips

The recipe was inspired by Harvest's ‘garden shed brewing’ course run by the Whitehawk Community Food Project and the recipe is adapted from Andy Hamilton’s original version in the Guardian.