https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/8fffd993-b353-4eb6-b7a1-1ba463a199ac For more info about the earlier processes that got us here you may like to watch part 1 of this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Hx9wKtEUM More notes are written in the description of that first video.The recipe we are loosely following is this Dandelion Wine Recipe - from a website that no longer seems to exist (winemaking.jackkeller.net) - Pick the flowers just before starting, so they're fresh. You do not need to pick the petals off the flower heads, but the heads should be trimmed of any stalk. Put the flowers in a large bowl. Set aside 1 pint of water and bring the remainder to a boil. Pour the boiling water over the dandelion flowers and cover tightly with cloth or plastic wrap. Leave for two days, stirring twice daily. Do not exceed this time. Pour flowers and water in large pot and bring to a low boil. Add the sugar and the peels (peel thinly and avoid any of the white pith) of the lemons and orange. Boil for one hour, then pour into a crock or plastic pail. Add the juice and pulp of the lemons and orange. Allow to stand until cool (70-75 degrees F.). Add yeast and yeast nutrient, cover, and put in a warm place for three days. Strain and pour into a secondary fermentation vessel (bottle or jug). Add the raisins and fit a fermentation trap to the vessel. Leave until fermentation ceases completely, then rack and add the reserved pint of water and whatever else is required to top up. Refit the airlock and set aside until clear. Rack and bottle. This wine must age six months in the bottle before tasting, but will improve remarkably if allowed a year. [ Adapted recipe from C.J.J. Berry's First Steps in Winemaking] -- Note on RAISINS: The recipe calls for white raisins - probably largely because they don't impart color into the wine, so the wine will end up with more of a white wine look - we were able to buy purple raisins/ "Thompson" raisins - organic raisins - we have used Sultanas in the past, any raisins seem like good raisins to us (hopefully unsprayed) - as long as one is not too particular about the final color of the wine. If you really want a very clear wine in the end, you probably want to seek out white raisins. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:42:16 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/8fffd993-b353-4eb6-b7a1-1ba463a199ac All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.