Barley Wine
From: Paulette, Saint-Leonard, Quebec, Canada
  • 4 medium-size potatoes
  • 2 cups [500 mL] raisins
  • 1 gallon [4.5 L] hot water
  • 4 pounds [1.8 kg] sugar
  • 3 cups [750 mL] barley
  • 1 pack [1 tablespoon / 15 mL] active dry yeast
  • Sterilized bottles
  • Wash and cube potatoes [do not peel].
  • Finely chop raisins.
  • Pour hot water into a stoneware jar; dissolve sugar.
  • Add barley, raisins and potato cubes.
  • Leave to cool.
  • Well mix in active dry yeast.
  • Half close jar; leave to ferment into a warm environment for 15 days, stirring once, every day.
  • Filter; set aside for 2 days.
  • Siphon into sterilized bottles.
  • Age before drinking.
  • Keep into a cool evironment.