Homemade Mint Wine Recipe

Christmas is around the corner and many of you may have already started your Christmaspreparations..... I know some of you have already made wines and soaked fruits for your cake as I have been getting several emails with doubts regarding the same.... I am trying my best to reply to all of you.... But I have a small request.... please read the recipe thoroughly as most of your queries are already answered in my recipe. For e.g. I have clearly mentioned in every recipe how many days you have to stir the wine and how many days to keep the wine.... so please don’t send me questions that are already answered.... Also do check the post “Tips for making Homemade Wines” as this will help tremendously.... Thanks for understanding :)....If in case you are looking for a nice Christmas Cake recipe here is the link....

I made this Mint wine last April. It’s a really sweet dessert wine with a subtle mint taste....  Even though you can consume it after 30 days, the wine looks little cloudy. I got this very clear wine after keeping it for almost 6 months. So I suggest you allow this wine to age for approximately 6 months after which you will get a mild mint flavored clear wine.

Mint Wine Recipe

Ingredients:

Mint -2 bunches or 4 cups chopped

Sugar – 1 ¼ kg

Water 3 ½ liter

Lemon juice – ½ cup

Lemon zest of 2 lemons

Yeast – ½ tsp

Method:

Thoroughly wash mint leaves and chop and place it in a big vessel.

Bring half of water to a boil and pour boiling water over mint.

Mix and cover the vessel with a lid and stand for around one hour.

Strain the mint liquor into a sterilized fermentation bottle / bharani.

Boil the remaining water and cover the strained mint leaves with boiling water and wait for another one hour, strain into the bottle and discard the leaves.

Add all of the other ingredients to the bottle like sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest and yeast.

Stir the mixture well until all of the sugar has completely dissolved.

Cover the bottle and stir the mixture every day for 30 days.

After 30 days, strain the mixture through a cheese/ muslin cloth into clean and dry bottles and use.

After 30 days you can consume the wine, but it will be little cloudy and not very clear. If you allow the mint wine to stand for 6 months you will get a very clear wine like in the picture.