How to Make Watermelon Wine
Watermelon wine can be easily made at home when watermelons are in season. The wine has a delicate, light flavor that can be enjoyed with your favorite dessert. You have to wait one year to taste the wine. This article will instruct you on how to make watermelon wine.
How to Make Watermelon Wine
Cut the watermelon open. Remove the fleshy parts of the fruit and discard the rind. Cut the fruit into pieces and place it into a power juicer. Juice enough fruit to make 8 cups of watermelon juice.
Pour the juice into a carboy.
Add 8 cups of water, 3 1/2cups of granulated sugar, 2 1/2 teaspoons of acid blend, 1 teaspoon of yeast nutrients, 2 Campden tablets, 1/8 teaspoon of tannin and 1 teaspoon of yeast nutrients to the carboy. Stir the ingredients until the sugar is dissolved.
Cover the carboy with cheesecloth. Allow the carboy to sit for 24 hours.
Use a saccharometer to check the specific gravity of the liquid. When it reads between 1.090 and 1.100, add one package of dry wine yeast. Mix the ingredients well.
Cover the carboy with cheesecloth and allow it to sit for five days. Stir the liquid daily during the five days.
Spoon away the solid from the top of the liquid. Pour the liquid into a clean carboy. Cover the carboy with an airtight lid and allow it to sit for three weeks.
Siphon the wine into a clean carboy. Allow the carboy to sit for three months. Continue this step for one year.
Pour the wine into bottles.