Rhubarb wine recipe ?

[skeast]

Anyone got a good recipe to share ? Last time I made it, it was way too sweet.

Thanks in advance

Sarah

[MKG]

Stick up the recipe you used, Sarah, and I'll adjust it for you.

Rhubarb wine is ridiculously easy as the recipe consists of rhubarb, sugar , water and very little else. What you do have to be careful of, though, is old recipes (or even misprinted ones) and weak yeast. Do you want a light, dry, crisp wine, or do you want a heavy, rich dessert wine? You can make those or anything in-between with rhubarb.

Just as a guide, 1.5 kilos of rhubarb and 1 kilo of sugar will give you that light, crisp one. I have one on the go at the moment with almost 3 kilos of rhubarb and knocking on 2 kilos of sugar - but that one needs a really good yeast to avoid ending up sickly-sweet.

Mike

[benner]

Mike,

Your ' light & crisp' rhubarb wine sounds intriguing...

Would you recommend the sugar juice extraction method?

Cheers
Ben

[Crastney]

last year I made rhubarb and ginger wine, and it turned out to be the best wine I've ever made.