01-04-2011, 01:51 AM
Well, I'm about to take the last gulp of my first bottle of 100% pure black cherry + grape juice (welches 100% pure from concentrate) with 1.5 cups of sugar added.
Originally after fermentation it produced and extremely dry wine. It was almost on par with what you would get from a cheap wine commercially bought, but just a bit dry. The type that hits your back jaw and makes you almost make a face. I actually appreciate that kinda flavor but my girlfriend didnt, so I added 1 cup of sugar after fermentation which was just a touch too much.
So now I'm drinking sweat wine that almost tastes like grape juice, I'd take dry any day, but this works. My girlfriend is buzzing pretty hard. I'm proud of this mix, and will do it again.
The other bottles still show signs of fermentation.
I only wish there was a way to clear it faster. If I could do that, I would be 100% amazed. Right now I'm 95% happy.
I will post the rest of the results as they finish up. If you're wondering, yes, I actually corked the bottles too. I dont have a corker (yet), but if you take a synthetic cork, a wine bottle a sanitzed pair of channel locks and a sanitized rubber mallet you've got all you need. Use the channel locks to twist cork as far down as you can go, then put the rubber mallet on it and apply pressure. Dont swing or hit, just push down. it will eventually push all or 90% of it in.
Originally after fermentation it produced and extremely dry wine. It was almost on par with what you would get from a cheap wine commercially bought, but just a bit dry. The type that hits your back jaw and makes you almost make a face. I actually appreciate that kinda flavor but my girlfriend didnt, so I added 1 cup of sugar after fermentation which was just a touch too much.
So now I'm drinking sweat wine that almost tastes like grape juice, I'd take dry any day, but this works. My girlfriend is buzzing pretty hard. I'm proud of this mix, and will do it again.
The other bottles still show signs of fermentation.
I only wish there was a way to clear it faster. If I could do that, I would be 100% amazed. Right now I'm 95% happy.
I will post the rest of the results as they finish up. If you're wondering, yes, I actually corked the bottles too. I dont have a corker (yet), but if you take a synthetic cork, a wine bottle a sanitzed pair of channel locks and a sanitized rubber mallet you've got all you need. Use the channel locks to twist cork as far down as you can go, then put the rubber mallet on it and apply pressure. Dont swing or hit, just push down. it will eventually push all or 90% of it in.