I visited Tesco todayto check out the big price drop!!
I bought 5 1L cartons of red grape juice and am planning with this.
If I was to put 5L in with 15L of water would this make a very watery product or should the juice be watered down for wine?
I want to make a rose rather than a red. If I was to make a smaller production and mix 1L of red grape juice with 1L white grape juice and 3L of water with the usual yeast etc. Would this create me a rose?
Red grape juice
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Gordonmull
Re: Red grape juice
One I've done a few times is 2L red grape and 1L cranberry to the gallon. Turns out a nice rose, very quaffable.
1L of white and 1L red per gallon should probably see you through though. Even if you use all red grape juice you'll still end up with a rose, as far as i know you need to ferment on the pulp to achieve a red. (Or use a kit, though I've only tried that once and it's still fermenting).
1L of white and 1L red per gallon should probably see you through though. Even if you use all red grape juice you'll still end up with a rose, as far as i know you need to ferment on the pulp to achieve a red. (Or use a kit, though I've only tried that once and it's still fermenting).
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oldbloke
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Re: Red grape juice
You want 2lb of sugar in a gallon (900g in 4.5litres) for a dry wine, add half a pound (225g) for medium, another half for sweet.
So work out from the carton how much the juice already contains and do the math.
Actually if you add it TO a gallon, you need more as the final volume is greater - simpler to use enough juice to make a gallon with the sugar added.
Keep the spare juice back for topping up when you rack it and steal half a glass to check how it's getting on.
So work out from the carton how much the juice already contains and do the math.
Actually if you add it TO a gallon, you need more as the final volume is greater - simpler to use enough juice to make a gallon with the sugar added.
Keep the spare juice back for topping up when you rack it and steal half a glass to check how it's getting on.