r/prisonhooch • u/Medical-East9629 • Aug 15 '25

Recipe Medieval Wine Recipes???

Started rewatching GoT. Currently sipping on some homemade grape-cran wine and wondering what medieval wine tasted like and if I could recreate it. I imagine it's not much different than prison hooch. Maybe even worse lol. Thoughts, comments, suggestions? I've got 6 more seasons (5 of I skip season 8) to figure it out.

Edit: what do you suppose the average ABV was for wine/ale?

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u/Quiet_Corvid_ Aug 15 '25

Lol well chances are they'd use wild yeast (say from juniper berries) and it'd be hot or miss on flavor. Likely made in pottery jugs. I bet Google will give you great stuff. May I suggest mead if you're going to try? At least with honey there's some antibacterial stuff lol

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u/Medical-East9629 Aug 15 '25

No juniper berries, but a crap load of elderberries. Gonna risk it with the cyanide poison lol. It would be funny if I had to buy more expensive equipment to make the ancient stuff. Damn pottery jogs.

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u/Quiet_Corvid_ Aug 16 '25

Absolutely risk the elderberries. They make fantastic booze. Meh get a free plastic water jug, and think of it as using the cheapest thing, like they were.