Rhubarb Wine

Total Time: 504 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 504 hrs

Ingredients

• 1/2 bushel rhubarb, diced
• 25 lbs sugar
• 12 oranges, sliced
• 1 fresh yeast cake, dissolved in lukewarm water

Recipe

• 1 in a 10 gallon crock, put in rhubarb and cover with boiling water.
• 2 let set 12 hours with cover over crock.
• 3 remove rhubarb from juice.
• 4 to juice add sugar, oranges, and yeast.
• 5 let set 21 days, stirring each day.
• 6 if juice is not clear after 21 days, continue to stir each day till clear and no bubbles come to top.
• 7 strain through 4 layers of cheesecloth and bottle with caps not completely tightened.
• 8 for strawberry rhubarb wine: use above method but use only 1/4 bushel rhubarb and 10 quarts strawberries. add 2 large jars of maraschino cherries for added color and taste.
• 9 dandelion wine: use above method but use 1/2 bushel dandelion flowers (not greens). but use 6 oranges and 6 lemons, sliced, 1 lb raisins, 1 yeast cake and 25 lbs sugar.