Camden Tablets
Country Wine Yeast
400gms of White Grape Concentrate
750gms of Sugar
Yeast Nutrient
Citric Acid
Finings
Potassium Sorbate
For 10 litre just double up the volumes.
2 litres of Rose Petals. These should be picked when fully blown and before the Rose Petals are starting to fall.
Cleaned thoroughly. We only want the petals so remove everything else.
Making Instructions (Recipe)
Make sure all the equipment that comes into contact with the wine is Sterilised before starting.
1. Put the Petals in a 10 litre bucket pour 3.5 litres of boiling water over then and press them against the side to
extract the essence with a large spoon. Cover and leave to cool. and add 3 litres of boiling water into the 10 litre
plastic bucket. Allow to cool to 20-25C. At this point feel free to add anything that you might think might enhance the
wine and give it more
flavour. The sort of things is Bananas Raisins Sultans Cranberries Blueberries. If they are hard adding at the time of
boiling water if soft they can go in now.
2. Add 5gms of Citric Acid (a teaspoons) and a Crushed Campden tablet. Keep pressing the Rose Petals three times a day
for 3 days. Make sure the lid is on at all other times.
3. Pour the liquid through the straining bag, squeezing out the Petals so there is no juice left and add to the Demi
John. Add the Grape Juice 750gms of Sugar Yeast Nutrient and Yeast and shake. Top up to just below the neck on the Demi
John with water a 20-25C. Fit the airlock half filled with clean water.
4. Leave until fermentation is complete (depending on the temperature). This will normally be when the airlock has
stopped bubbling but always use your hydrometer to make sure. It’s should be around 1.000 or less on the scale and will
show the same reading for a few days.
5. Siphon the wine off the sediment back into the sterilised bucket leaving the sediment behind. Clean out the demi
john and then pour the wine back into it from the bucket. Add a campden tablet (one per 5 litres) and a teaspoon of
potassium sorbate (per 5 litres). Stir or shake well. We need to get rid of the carbon dioxide in the wine before
adding the finings. Once done add the finings. Leave in a cool place to clear. When clear you can then bottle your
wine. See our guide on bottling.
Rose Petal can be quite dry so if you do want to add further sugar to the wine do this before bottling. It is best
served as a medium style wine.
General Guidelines for Fruit Wines
Always try to make sure the fruit is clean and bug free
Make sure all the equipment that comes into contact with the wine at any stage of the process is clean and sterilised.
Use a hydrometer and thermometer at all times Check out the Guides on the web site.
Make sure when shaking a Demi John made of glass that you always release the pressure between shaking. Glass Demi Johns
can build up a lot of pressure and can crack or split if this is not done.
When bottling the wine see the Love Brewing videos on “Cleaning Bottling Corking and Storage”.
