12-27-2010, 12:30 AM
gitmo234 Wrote:Hey all,
Just ordered EZ caps, and I currently have 6 2liter bottles of varying types of wine brewing up.
I have sparking white made from 100% pure white grape juice
a wine of black cherry and grape
two 100% grape wines
a Cranberry/strawberry/white grape
and a mix of red and white grape wine
What I've done is made sure (except the cran/strawberry/white grape) all wine I bought was 100% pure juice. I'm wondering what kind of wine this will produce when compared with something like a juice drink that may only contain 50% juice or less.
Also, any tips on getting this to taste similar to a bottled wine? I dont mean I want 90+ rankings on a wine scale, but I also want something could be thought to be a bottled wine, if there was no label, if my formulas wont already produce something similar. I'm not looking perfect quality, but pretty darn good for homebrew quality.
I played with the sugar content a lot too. Adding 1 cup in some and 2 cups in others, and everything in between. Writing down my mixes and labeling the bottles.
My plan is to buy a corker and use my old wine bottles and have enough for me and to give to a few friends, and constantly have some being made. I'm not a wine snob by any means, although a good red wine is right there next to beer with me.
Most of the juice drinks I've tried to ferment have turned out really good. The yeast does seem to love corn syrup. Interested to see how your experiments turn out. Please post the results!