White Currant Wine

Name: White Currant Wine
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: to every gallon of liquor 2½ lb. lump sugar. A little isinglass; to every gallon of liquor 2½ lb. lump sugar. A little isinglass; White currants 1 quart, after being stringed, water 1 quart; White currants 1 quart, after being stringed, water 1 quart; Mountain wine, 1 quart to every 4 gallons. To every gallon ½ lb. more sugar when barrelled.; Mountain wine, 1 quart to every 4 gallons. To every gallon ½ lb. more sugar when barrelled.

Ann Peckham, of Leeds, 1767

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Good Things in England

By Florence White

Published 1932

About

Ingredients

White currants 1 quart, after being stringed, water 1 quart
to every gallon of liquor

Europe
United Kingdom
Gluten-free
Vegan
Drinks

Method

Take your currants when they are full ripe.
Strip and break them with your hand till you break all the berries.
To every quart of pulp, put a quart of water.
Mix them well together and let them stand all night in your tub.