Cherry Port wine -- is this recipe about right?

Dave Allison · 2007-07-04T02:27:31+00:00

Hi!I found Sweet cherries real cheap today. Bought 17 pounds to make 2 gallons of port. I'll probably do 17 pints of water so I end up with 2 gallons. Since I've done so many KITS, I added Bentonite at the beginning like many kits do. Thanks for any insights, I really appreciate it.Would love your inputs and thoughts:Here is what I think is a good recipe:Cherry Port (2 gallon recipe)• 1 tsp Bentonite• 16 lbs sweet eating cherries• 1 banana (& ½ pound raisins)• 7 lbs sugar (to S.G. 1.140+)• 14 ½ pints water• • 3 tsp citric acid• 1 tsp tannin• 2 tsp pectic enzyme• 2 tsp yeast nutrient• Port wine yeast• Later:o Sorbate to stablizeo add 75ml brandy? An idea.Bring water to boil, add Bentonite slowly stirring until dissolved. Meanwhile, de-stem, wash and crush the cherries in the primary without breaking any stones. Pour sugar over cherries, mashed banana and raisins. Pour the boiling water over the mix and stir well to dissolve. Cover and set aside until cool. Add remaining ingredients except yeast; cover and set aside for 12 hours. S.G. >1.120-1.150Add activated yeast and ferment 5 days. Strain juice into dark secondary and discard pulp and stones. S.G.

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Dave Allison 18 years ago

Hey, Steve, that sounds like good advice. I was thinking about the same plan. So that is nice to have it stated by someone else also.

thanks, DAve

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