Rhubarb Wine

A family recipe from Julie Sperlich.

Getting ready: 30 min · Cooking: 0 min · Feeds: 20

Ingredients

• 8 pounds rhubarb, cut into small pieces
• 8 quarts boiling water
• 5-6 pounds sugar
• 2 packages seeded raisins
• 4 lemons, sliced
• 4 oranges, sliced
• 2 yeast cakes (I use wine yeast)

Directions

1. Pour boiling water over rhubarb in large crock.
2. Cover and let stand one week, stir well each day.
3. At the end of the week, strain and to the liquid add the white sugar, raisins, lemons, oranges and the yeast (crumbled in liquid).
4. Let this stand until it stops working, approximately four weeks. Maybe less time if it is warm weather.
5. Strain through several thickness of cheese cloth.
6. Bottle, keep in cool place.
7. Tip: Good stuff! Very sweet, very potent!