Apple Wine

Name: Apple Wine
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 5 gallons, 5 serving(s)
Ingredients: 5 gallons apple cider (from a local farm); 2 lbs of local wildflower honey; 2 lbs light brown sugar; 2 (1/4 ounce) packages red star champagne yeast

Submitted by eedwards

"Apple wine recipe from juice"

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Ready In:: 1hr 15mins
Ingredients:: 4
Yields:: 5 gallons
Serves:: 5

ingredients

5 gallons apple cider (from a local farm)
2 lbs of local wildflower honey
2 lbs light brown sugar
2 (1/4 ounce) packages red star champagne yeast

directions

mix honey and brown sugar with 1 gallon of cider while heating on stove (simmered, not boiled).
Add 4 gallons of cider with heated mixture and pour into fermenter.
Add 2 pkgs champagne yeast (hydrated).
Ferment for 2 weeks at 68F & Transfer to secondary, aged 4-6 weeks.
Bottling - added 3/4 cup corn sugar and 12 oz lactose.
OG: 1.072
FG: 1.001.