Recipe3 1/2 lb Ripe wild plums
3lb Honey
1 Pack Yeast
1 Campden tablet
4.5 Litres boiling water
Method
(1)Wash plums and blend in blender (do in batches)
Place blended plums in bucket and add boiling water
Stir with wooden spoon.
Leave for ten days.
(2)Skim off any surface residue and mould carefully.
Strain using funnel and sieve or Muslin cloth into Demijohn
Add sugar and stir until dissolved.
Add yeast and give final stir.
Cork with Airlock
Leave until fermentation has completed.
(3)Skim off any surface residue
Strain again using mulsin cloth into bucket.
Add crushed Campden tablet
Decant into bottles.
(4)Ready in six months. Better after nine.
Notes
This is a modified recipe from http://grapestomper.com/recplum.html and their "Easy Plum Wine Recipe (one gallon recipe) " recipe.
Update
Now Bottled and (based on 6 months) will be ready by February.
I have never had any luck with plum wine, to the extent that my wife has now banned me from making it. I have only ever had it clear once, and even then the taste was unexceptional. Many people, though, swear by it so I am not sure what I am doing wrong.
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