Crab Apple Juice Wine Recipe

One recipe i found said to make the crab apple juice using crab apples 1 to 1 1 2 inches in diameter.

Crab apple juice wine recipe. 2 5kg 5lb crab apples 500g 1lb raisins 1 5kg 3lb sugar 1 tsp citric acid 4 litres 6 pints water 1 tsp pectolase 1 tsp yeast nutrient 1 campden tablet if using champagne yeast wash the crab. Any crab apple wine recipe is straightforward but if you have yellow or green crab apples use white grape juice and sultanas but if they are red use raisins and red grape juice. The rest i left on the tree for the blackbirds.

Just multiply if you desire a larger batch. I was given an ice cream bucket of nickle to quarter size crab apples by a friend and fellow gardener about a week ago. I usually fill the sink with cold water and pour the apples in then give them a good swish.

Stir and mash and cover and leave for ten days. 6 pounds crabapples about 6 quarts water 2 campden tablets 1 4 teaspoon pectic enzyme 1 package wine yeast 1 teaspoon nutrients 3 pounds granulated sugar about 6 3 4 cups honey method. I got this crab apple juice recipe from my mother.

It even said not to use the small dime sized ones as it may not taste good. I started by filling a bowl with four pounds of apples. 4 1 2 pounds of crabapples handful of raisins 7 pts of water 1 3 4 lbs of sugar 1 2 tsp peptic enzyme 1 campden tablet 1 package of 1118 wine yeast.

Crab apples are one of the ancestors of our modern cultivated apples so pretty much anything you can make with an ordinary apple you can make with crab apples instead. Crush apples do not cut seeds open read more. I found a different more specific crabapple wine recipe for those looking for specifics.

Homemade wine recipe ingredients. Pour the apples into as many containers you need making sure that each pot pail is just over half full. Gather up around 4kg of crab apples and then give them a wash and de stalk them with a knife.