Hey Guys and Gals! A light summer wine from pure watermelon juice. Makes one gallon. Watermelon spoils quickly, so have everything ready before you cut the melon.
Ingredients
Step 1
- 1 large watermelon, enough for 1 gallon of juice
- 2 lb sugar
- 2 tsp acid blend
- 1 tsp yeast nutrient
- 1 Campden tablet, crushed
Step 2
- 1 pack champagne yeast
Directions
- Cut the red flesh from the rind, remove the seeds and blend or mash. Strain to get 1 gallon of juice.
- Stir in the sugar until dissolved, then the acid blend, nutrient and Campden tablet. Cover and keep cool for 24 hours.
- Hydrate the yeast in 4 oz of warm water for 15 minutes, add it, take a hydrometer reading and fit an airlock.
- Ferment 5 to 7 days in a cool spot.
- Siphon off the sediment into a secondary carboy and let it finish.
- Rack again when clear. Sweeten to taste once it is still.
- Bottle. This wine is best young, within a year.