old american grape wine

Name: Old American Grape Wine
Ingredients: 2 quart(s) boiling water; 2 pound(s) brown sugar; 2 quart(s) grape juice; 2 cup(s) raisins; 1 - yeast cake

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Stormy Stewart

Mio, MI

Updated on Aug 25, 2012

This recipe is very old and was traced back to the American revolution. It takes 13 days to brew. Then you make this you are reliving a past time and breath life back into our history. Why not make this brew for a centenial or other special gathering and keep our traditions alive

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Ingredients

2 quarts boiling water
2 pounds brown sugar
2 quarts grape juice
2 cups raisins
1 - yeast cake

How To Make old american grape wine

Step 1

Boil water in stone crock Dissolve brown sugar in boiling water Add grape juice and raisins Allow mixture to to cool Separately, dissolve yeast in a little warm water. When mixture is lukewarm; add in dissolved yeast

Step 2

Let stand for 10 days, stirring once each day. Strain out raisins from mixture Mash these raisins into a pulp and let dry Add raisin pulp back into mixture
Step 3

Let stand for 3 more days Strain mixture into bottle, and cork
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