Dried Juniper Berries - 500g Bag
Dried Juniper Berries - 500g Bag
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Juniper Berries give a distinct flavour and aroma used mainly when making gin.
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Can also be used as an addition to flavour wines, beers and soft drinks.
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These can be used for cooking as well as wine making.
Juniper wine recipe
Ingredients
100G DRIED JUNIPER BERRIES •
1.25KG WHITE SUGAR
5G TANNIN
5G CITRIC ACID
PECTIC ENZYME
YEAST NUTRIENT
RED WINE YEAST
WATER TO 1 GALLON
Method
Boil the sugar with 1 litre of water to make a syrup, then pour over the berries in a 10 litre bucket.
Allow to cool, add tannin, acid, nutrient, pectic enzyme and yeast.
Make up to 1 gallon with water, leave for 24 hours.
After 24 hours transfer to demijohn and seal with airlock and ferment on the pulp for 2 weeks.
Strain off and ferment in the usual way to SG of 1030 to make a sweet wine.
Improves greatly with maturing.
