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Default Winemaker Mag Summertime Blueberry WIne

5 gallon recipe

15lbs blueberries
9lbs sugar
2-3 cups grape concentrate (OPTIONAL)
2.5tsp acid blend
2.5 tsp pectic enzyme
3tsp yeast nutrient
..18oz potassium meta
2tsp pot. sorbate
1tsp tannin
yeast (lalvin Ec1118 or 1122)

crush berries
add sugar/water mixture and enough water to make 19L
add pot meta. Cover and let sit for two days
add sugar if necessary to reach sg of 1.090
Add tannin, acid blend, pectic enzyme and yeast nutrient. stir.
maintain constant temp of 21-24C
Add yeast to must
Stir the cap into must twice a day for 14-21 days of fermentation.
remove skins etc from must after ferment. Rack remaning juice into
carboy. rack, rack rack!

should age at least three months.