wine making process
Wine Making Recipes – Concord
With the price of wine in the market today it’s no wonder that more people are making homemade wine. However, some people take wine making very seriously and insist on using only the finest ingredients when making their wine. The wine making recipes that they use are usually passed down from one generation to the next. What might surprise you is just how simple some of these recipes really are. The wine making process is also simple enough to follow, but what most people lack is patience. Would you like to learn how to make wine? Are you able to follow a recipe, and are willing to wait for the wine to age? Then try this recipe for Concord grape wine that is sure to satisfy even the most discerning connoisseur.
Materials and ingredients
About Homemade Wine Recipes
Homemade wine recipes are a blessing for both the wine making newbie and the expert vintner. All recipes have the same key elements including the fruit or plant, the sugar and the yeast. I would like you to have a better understanding of the role of these elements and how they come together to produce the perfect bottle of wine.
If you think about it, wine making is chemistry and like any scientific project it sometimes takes a bit of experimentation to obtain successful results. Homemade wine recipes should be looked at as guides. Adjustments may have to be made based on the ingredients used. If anything is off you may have an undrinkable mess on your hands.
Processing of Kaong and Coconut Wine
One of the common products of coconut and kaong is the sap or juice. Sap is processed to vinegar and lambanog but processing it to wine or commonly called toddy is neglected. The juice is sweet with initial sugar content of 20%. Natural juice microflora spontaneously ferment it to wine and vinegar. Toddy processing lies in successful arrest of natural fermentation.
The term coconut wine or kaong wine should not be mistaken with lambanog or vodka. Wine contains 9-18 % alcohol while vodka contains 35-50%. The usual alcohol content for lambanog is 80 proof or 40%. Wine goes through distillation process to produce 80 proof vodka.