How to Make Cranberry Wine?

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The following article has described how to make a cranberry wine.

Making wine from concentrates can give you an easy and the most uniform way to prepare remarkable cranberry wines with enhanced flavor. In a very simple way you can prepare the wine from the concentrates. The correct equipment is very essential while making any kind of wine.

The basic ingredients required to make cranberry wine are:
1 gallon glass jug, 12 ounce cans of frozen cranberry juice concentrate, 1 1/2cups sugar, 1/4tsp wine yeast, 3/4cup warm water and container of water.

There are few equipments you will require such as:
A rubber stopper or air lock device for the gallon jug, 12-18 inches of plastic tubing which will fit over the glass tube along with 1 funnel.

Make sure to clean the jugs along with other utensils to get rid of bacteria before you start the procedure of wine making. Otherwise the wine will be spoiled very soon as there would be chances of having bacteria in the wine.

Now we are going to start the actual procedure of making cranberry wine. You need to dissolve a tablespoon of sugar and the yeast in 3/4 cup of warm water. Stir the water till the sugar is dissolved. Cover the container and set aside for couple of hours so that the fermentation get started.

Pour juice along with sugar dissolved in it into a jug. You can use the funnel for pouring the juice. Put warm water and yeast mixture. Put the stopper on the top of the jug. Attach the plastic tubing over end of glass tube. Place the jug on a warm shelf in basement. Put the container of water next to jug and put end of plastic tube in water. Make sure the water level is sufficient in order to keep the end of tube under water. The tube will allow carbon dioxide gas to escape while the water will prevent air contaminated with bacteria from entering the jug with wine.

After some days, say around one month, you can notice that the air bubbles are not entering the container of water from the wine jug and the juice has become clear. Sediments can be noticed at the bottom of the jug. At this time, you can get a three foot lenght of 1/2 to 3/4 inch clear plastic tubing, take out the stopper and siphon juice into another cleaned jug. Make sure not to disturb the sediments as they will be poured down the drain while the jug along with wine should be capped with a screw-on cap or cork stopper. Store the wine in a cool place for around 12 months or more than that and when it ages, you can serve it.

This process of wine making will result into a tart wine with the taste of cranberry. Instead of cranberry, you can use any fruits such as apple, strawberry or grapes. Thus, i feel making wine is an ideal pastime which brings its own rewards..

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