Apricot Wine

Ingredients

 * 1 pound apricots, dried
 * 4 quarts water, warm
 * 6½ cups sugar
 * 2¼ cups brown sugar
 * 1½ cup raisins
 * 1 tablespoon ginger
 * 2 lemons, thinly sliced
 * 2 oranges, thinly sliced
 * ½ cup yeast

Directions

 * 1) Wash apricots several times changing water with each wash.
 * 2) Dry and cut in halves.
 * 3) Place in a large crock and pour on warm water, reserving ½ cup to dissolve [yeast]] cake.
 * 4) Stir in sugars, fruit, raisins and ginger.
 * 5) Add dissolved yeast and mix well.
 * 6) Cover with top of the crock and let stand for 30 days, stirring mixture every other day.
 * 7) After 30 days, strain mixture and bottle.