![]() ![]() I used some before with raspberry wine (from my home grown raspberries) I know how to prepare them and I know they froth up like crazy. Same for the bananas - they are cheap I could add as much as I want to but I've read that Banana wine lacks taste - not sure - so I'm adding a few pounds here just to add some kind of helpful basic thing to the wine body or tannin? I have no idea of the use of raisins nor know how much is necessary so I'll just add 1 or 2 cups I hope the orange will boost he flavour so there is something to taste and maybe it will help the acid balance., Zero percent sodium - so no trouble with the fermentĪnd also says "fruit beverage" in small print on front. Sultana Raisins - I bought 1000 gms about 2.2 pounds for $7.60 (inexpensive!) but I think I will use only 1 or 2 cups.īananas - I bought 4 pounds at 1.50 per kilo = $3 (again inexpensive)ĮDIT - yes the Minute Maid "orange" is probably not pure- it lists various fruits on the small print :Ĭoncentrated Fruit Juices : orange, pineapple, grape and pear ( I think that's a good mix to add to the apple )Īs well as citric acid and ascorbic acid so that should help balance or add acid. I've already bought the juice so I'll go ahead with the following plan of which I've just finished buying the ingredients:ġ2 jugs apple juice = 6 gallons ($27.72 include of bottle charges)Ĩ cans minute maid orange (I think it's an orange mix) (70 cents * 8 ) = $5.60 Honey at 2.5 pounds per gallon at $10 per pound (I think ) brings the cost of adding "taste" to $150 on top of basic ingredients - seems a little expensive. Actually get them on sale about $53 sometimes basic price range 60 to 160 - I think my brew store has Spagnols 3-4 grades of wine kits going up in cost $60 to $140-$160. I like to try to beat the pricing system, not have it beat me.ĭoubling the Walmart's Apple juice (by boiling to half) would bring the price of that basic ingredient alone to $60 for which I could buy a first level premium wine kit. Thus maybe best is buy concentrates, frozen or jams for fruits. Unless perhaps at box stores - unfortunately I'm not near one by a hundred miles.Īnd paying premium for freshness is pointless since the "eating freshness" value is gone by processing them.Įg I saw strawberries on for $4 for 2 pounds but then looked at the recipes here and the amount of #'s in those recipes make the cost of fresh strawberries for a 6 gallon batch astronomical maybe $200 -250 so scratch that idea! The trouble is supermarket ingredients were meant to be eaten (so there is a premium for freshness) and are only available in small amounts at premium prices. ![]() I might as well buy kits or try some different ingredients. The cost thereof for supermarket ingredients becomes a little pointless if the expense skyrockets. But I will try to work with what I have since I already got the juice. However, the responses are discouraging - It seems to be that I might have to buy many more expensive ingredients to make this work. OK 1.89 litres is 1/2 a US gallon so it makes the jugs interchangeable on the US and Canadian markets in Walmart stores just with different labels. Do people carbonate in wine corked bottles? - in that case I wonder how long the carbonation would last and if aging a carbonated wine (lying on it's side) is practical? I was thinking about carbonation - I read one person said they made low ABV and carbonated. Does this type of cooler taste good with seven-up or some type of soda when you serve it? I could go for a lower ABV cooler (6-7) or a high ABV wine (11-12). ![]() Maybe add another fruit or fuit concentrate to up the acid or is "low acid" of apple juice a good taste for wine? Should I do anything to add acid? I don't have a tester and it's very difficult to get one at present. Which is expensive compared to Skeeter Pee or Dragon's Blood.Ĭheaper than a kit, but I'm doing this to experiment with home recipes. I bought the 12 plastic bottles $2 dollars each plus recycling and other fees - $2.32 times 12 = $27.87 ![]() I bought six gallons Walmart apple juice says on label "low acid". ![]()
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