How to Make Pomegranate Wine
Pomegranates need full sun to grow properly. They are very drought tolerant and grow to be about four inches in diameter. The fruit is red and round with thick skin. The juice from the fruit makes a medium-bodied wine. This article will instruct you on how to make pomegranate wine.
How to Make Pomegranate Wine
Wear gloves to protect your skin from the juice because it creates stubborn stains.
Cut open 15 ripe pomegranates and remove the seeds sac from against the white membrane.
Place the seed sacs in a fermentation vessel, which is also known as a carboy. Crush the seed sacs. Add 3 pounds of sugar and juice from one lemon.
Add 1/2 pound of barley to 1 gallon of water and bring it to a boil. Simmer the mixture for about five minutes. Strain the barley and water mixture into the carboy. Stir the ingredients to dissolve the sugar.
Cool ingredients to room temperature. Add one package of wine yeast and yeast nutrients. Stir the ingredients.
Cover the carboy and allow the ingredients to ferment for five days.
Strain the liquid into another carboy and cover it with a lid. Allow the liquid to ferment until the wine turns clear.
Siphon the wine into bottles.
Store the bottles for at least ten months. The longer it is stored, the better it will taste.