A large-batch recipe for homemade wine using chokecherries, warm water, yeast, and sugar. The fermentation process takes about 3 weeks, with daily sugar additions to sweeten it to taste.

Author

Ferma Best


Recipe

MeasurementsIngredients
2 GallonsChoke Cherries
5 GallonsWarm Water
1/4 tYeast
5 CupsSugar (initial)
As NeededAdditional Sugar (daily)

Instructions

  1. Crush some of the cherries.
  2. Put in warm water + yeast + about 5 cups sugar.
  3. Each morning stir & add 1 to 2 cups sugar until as sweet as you like.
  4. Keep stirring for about 3 weeks or until cherries settle to bottom.
  5. At that time