Old American Grape Wine

Name: Old American Grape Wine
Ingredients: 2 qt boiling water; 2 lb brown sugar; 2 qt grape juice; 2 c raisins; 1 yeast cake

By Stormy Stewart
@karlyn255

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 qt

boiling water
2 lb

brown sugar
2 qt

grape juice
2 c

raisins
1

yeast cake
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How to Make Old American Grape Wine

Step-by-Step

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