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🍷 Recipe for mystical Dandelion Wine: Turn Backyard Flowers into Golden Sunshine Wine that keeps you healthy and giggly 😜🌼✨
I’ve got the best tinybhelpers to help pick the flowers too 👀💙

Quoting this dandelion tea post because the same “weed” makes an incredible homemade floral wine.

Dry-to-semi-sweet with bright citrus notes think sunshine in a glass! ☀️

This makes about 1 gallon (4–5 bottles). Total time: 2–4 months minimum, but 6–12 months aging is best.

Important Safety & Foraging Notes🙏

• Harvest only from clean, pesticide-free areas (untreated backyard ideal). Avoid roadsides or sprayed lawns.

• Use just the yellow petals remove all green parts (they make it bitter). Need ~3–4 quarts whole flowers for 1 quart petals.

• Sanitize all equipment properly. Drink responsibly.

Ingredients (1-Gallon Batch):

• 1 quart loosely packed yellow dandelion petals

• 1 gallon filtered/spring water (non-chlorinated)

• 3 lbs sugar (5–6 cups)

• Juice + zest of 3 oranges + 1 lemon

• 1 tsp yeast nutrient (or handful of raisins)

• 1 packet wine yeast (Côte des Blancs, D47, or EC-1118 — not bread yeast)

Equipment Needed:

Large pot, glass carboys (wide + narrow neck) with airlocks, cheesecloth, siphon, bottles & corks.

Step-by-Step:

1. Harvest & Prep: Pluck yellow petals only.

2. Sugar Base: Boil 3 quarts water + all sugar. Cool to lukewarm.

3. Combine: In sanitized fermenter, add petals, citrus zest/juice, nutrient. Pour in sugar water. Top to 1 gallon. Stir.

4. Primary Ferment: Pitch rehydrated yeast. Airlock. Ferment 10–14 days at 65–75°F, stirring daily.

5. Rack to Secondary: Remove petals, siphon off sediment. Ferment/settle 6–8+ weeks until clear.

6. Bottle & Age: Siphon into bottles. Age at least 2 months (6–12 ideal). Improves for years! 😎

Tips:

• Too dry? Backsweeten after stabilizing.

• Around 12–14% ABV

• Add ginger or cloves in future batches for fun twists.

This is a traditional folk recipe 🥰results vary with your technique.

Not medical advice, just fun foraging alchemy!🧙🏻

Who’s going to try making dandelion wine this season?

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