"Tom Kunich" > wrote in message
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> "john smith" > wrote in message
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>> Hi there!
>>
>> We have a surfeit of plums this year - and very nice they are too! - but
>> rather than letting them go to waste, I was wondering how easy it'd be to
>> make plum wine? I've found a few recipes online but was wondering if
>> anyone
>> here had any first-hand tips they could pass on?
>
> Plums have a lot of sugar in them. So you have to be careful how much
> sugar you add or the yeast won't handle it.
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> And you need to use a yeast with a high tolerance for sugar.
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Thanks for that! That's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for...