Gooseberry Wine Making Recipe made from fresh gooseberries a refreshing homebrew
3 kg/7lb ripe gooseberries, yeast, 1.65kg/3.5lb sugar, yeast nutrient, pectolase, 4.5 litres/1 gallon Water
Wash the gooseberries, top and tail them place in a brewing bucket and squash to break the skins
Add the pectolase and water to gooseberries, cover and leave in a warm place for 3 days, stirring daily
Strain juice into a demijohn, add sugar mixing well to dissolve, add yeast and yeast nutrient
Fit an airlock and continue to ferment in a warm place until fermentation has finished (no bubbles in airlock
Syphon into a clean demijohn, put somewhwere cool to clear and mature
When totally clear syphon into bottles leaving sediment behind, cork, store for a further 12 months before drinking