Since this is a sparkling wine, and I didn’t expect it to take that long to be ready, I actually didn’t rack it– but I probably should have done so at 3 weeks, when fermentation was slowing down. Basically, you want to rack wine to remove sediments– the more times you rack it, the more clear your final wine will be. I just put a dishtowel over mine, and keep it in the dining room.Ħ. Just look at that color! Add airlocks, and put it someplace dark with stable temperatures. Decant your wine mixture evenly into two sterilized demijohns. Let that sit and dissolve for a couple of hours.ĥ. Let you tea cool to body temperature, and add your yeast, sprinkling it on top of the mixture. Squeeze the juice from lemons into your liquid, and then add the sugar, stirring to dissolve.Ĥ. Press the liquid out of the rose petals, and compost them. Strain the liquid from the petals into another pot or brewing bucket. See how pale the petals become? All that gorgeous color is now yours.ģ. Let simmer for 15 minutes, then turn off the heat and allow the tea to cool. Put the pot on the stove, and bring to a simmer. Fill a stock pot with fresh water, and add the rose petals and cardamom pods to it.Ģ. While some methods call for soaking the petals for a day or two, mine was in the demijohns within a day.ġ.
I pretty much just did the basics– brewing the tea, adding sugar and lemon juice, and adding the yeast. You can check out a few methods: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. I think I chose the simplest method out there, but I would be interested in adding some extra dimension by following some recommendations in other recipes, such as using some black tea, adding raisins or other dried fruits, or using grape juice to replace some of the water and sugar. Wine bottles (we usually just sanitize our old ones), corks, and a corker, OR swing-top bottlesĪ WidgetsThere are quite a few ways to make rose petal wine.You can often find these on craigslist, and definitely at a brewing supply store, or you can order them on amazon. In terms of supplies, there are a few basic items you should have. Check out some of the recipes I reference below to get the correct measurements. I think this would convert to about 6 cups of fresh rose petals. *You can definitely use fresh petals as well, but the measurements will be different, since the fresh ones are heavier.
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