Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Red and White Gooseberry Wine – KarensGardenTips.com

Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Red and White Gooseberry Wine – KarensGardenTips.com

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Most gooseberries in the US are either Ribes uva-crispa (European gooseberry), Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry), or a variant of one of these.

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Ingredients

  • one and one-half gallons cold soft water
  • three quarts red gooseberries
  • two quarts white gooseberries
  • two and one-half pounds raw sugar
  • three-quarters pound honey
  • one-half ounce tartar in fine powder
  • one ounce bitter almonds
  • a small handful sweet briar
  • two quarts brandy or less

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