Potato Wine recipe
Thanks everyone! I am already hooked on making wine. My kitchen looks looks like a science lab and I've already cleaned out a closet in the basement to store all my bottled, equipment, etc.
Dan: The potato wine I made I got the recipe from a little purple paper booklet called "Wine Maker's Recipe Handbook". Here's the recipe:
2 lb. potatos
1/2 pint White grape concentrate
7 pints water
2 1/2 lbs sugar (I only used 2 lbs)
3 tsp acid blend
1/2 tsp tannin
1 tsp nutrient
1 package wine yeast (I used Cuvee yeast)
Method:
1. Wash and scrub the potatos clean. Slice up potatos and boil in water just until tender. Strain out juice, remove potatos and pour the boiled mixture into the primary fermentor. (Basically you are using the starchy water from the pot after boiling the potatos. This pretty much tastes like dishwater as I was brave enough to taste it.) If you have a nylon training bag use this to contain potatos while boiling- it will make removing them easier.
2. Stir in all other ingriedients except the yeast. Cover the primary.
3. When mixture cools (below 85 degrees F) add the yeast. Cover the primary.
4. Stir daily, check S.G.
5. When ferment reachest S.G. 1.040 (3-5 days) rack into the glass secondary and attach the airlock.
6. When ferment reaches 1.000 - (about 3 wks) rack again and reattach your airlock.
7. to aid in clearing, rack agin in 2 mths and again if necessary before bottling. If you desire sweeter wine, add 1/2 tsp stbilizer and then stir in 1/4 lb sugar per gallon.
I added about 7 or 8 raisins to 3 of the 6 bottles when I bottled it even though the booklet did not call for this. It was hard to find a lot of information on the internet for potato wine other than some people following the recipe from this booklet. One person said that raisins gave it a nice touch so I figured I would try 1/2 with and 1/2 without. Before bottling it tasted nothing like dishwater like it did while in the primary. It actually tasted more like a reisling since I made it more on the dryer side. It takes about a year before it is supposed to be ready to drink. I'm sure I'll update this later when we open one up and try it.
I took a bunch of pictures of the process of each of the wines I made because I am camera happy, lol. I will find some and upload them soon if you would like. ~Kate
