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Gooseberry Wine

  • 20-07-2012 11:26pm
    #1
    Cardinal Richelieu
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    Heavy crop of gooseberries this year, I already made all the gooseberry jam I need so was thinking could I make wine from the remaining fruit. Is it possible to make gooseberry wine using natural yeast rather than the powdered form?


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  • #2
    Khannie
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    Pretty sure all unwashed fruit will have wild yeasts on it. Gooseberries surface area should lend itself well to a brew but the advice I've generally seen is against it on the grounds of consistency.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
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    I am making a small amount of gooseberry wine at the moment I used a wine yeast that I got in a health food shop ( its sells a small amount of home brew stuff )...as this is just a little experiment at the moment I so not want to buy a hydrometer so is there any easy way to know approximately what proof my wine is?


  • #4
    sharingan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 911 ✭✭✭sharingan


    You will need a hydrometer.

    I could approximate ABV if I was using any kind of regular sugar or malt, but there is no way of knowing what gravity the gooseberry juice will come out at.


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