beggarsu
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I am making 7.92 US Gallons Dragon's Blood in two batches 3.96 Gal each.
3.96 gal is 15 litres is 20 bottles each.
I have plenty of one and 3/4 gallon jugs for carboys so I can make odd batches - this will probably end up in a 6 gallon carboy + 2 jugs.
Basic Ingredients
The basic fruit packs.
Dangerdave said he could get about 6 pounds fruit packs for about 20 bucks. I scoured the supermarkets to see if Canada here could match that. I found out that the normal cost of fruit packs here is twice or three times as much or more than what Dangerdave paid - must be a fruit belt there!!
However there was one seemingly exception - a brand "President's Choice" "Four Berry Mix" (plus some other interesting high quality freezer packs) - for 3.99 (I still have to double check this is the regular price) and I got them on sale for $3.49. So if that is the regular price , this can be repeated many times.
If the standard price is $3.99 per 600 gm then it's $18.60 pounds unit cost for a 6 gallon batch. Not bad! Actually the sale price was 3.49.
So I got 3 packs of those President Choice and 3 packs of another brand in another store "Co-Op Gold". for again $3.49 on sale - but get this - that was special half-price sale and other brands were even more expensive. (ouch). So President's Choice is the only sure thing.
I don't have access to big box discount supermarkets in this small city - it might be better shopping there in the capitol but I go there so seldom and don't know the stores.
So considering Dave uses 6 pounds for 6 gallons then for my quantity of fruit - (6 times 600 gm) times 2.2 = 7.92 pounds = 7.92 gallons according to the recipe.
This is my mark , the ratio of fruit to gallons in the recipe, for all the measurements to follow.
So I separated the ingredients into two batches to target 3.96 gal each which is 15 litres exactly which is 20 bottles each exactly.
...
Then I can taste test each batch with the two different kinds of fruit packs and maybe might decide to merge them - or not.
The lemon juice 32 ounce 946 ml) a bottle is only 2 bucks a bottle.
Again using Dangerdave's recipe of 48 oz lemon for 6 gal US (22.71 litres) I calculated that I need 32 oz lemon in each of my batches.
I started the first batch with the President's choice 4 Berry Mix I will give my full recipe and progress to follow.
I didn't eat the Berry's at all - didn't want to rob the wine - they look pretty good - I should probably buy some to eat, but that's a second priority.
3.96 gal is 15 litres is 20 bottles each.
I have plenty of one and 3/4 gallon jugs for carboys so I can make odd batches - this will probably end up in a 6 gallon carboy + 2 jugs.
Basic Ingredients
The basic fruit packs.
Dangerdave said he could get about 6 pounds fruit packs for about 20 bucks. I scoured the supermarkets to see if Canada here could match that. I found out that the normal cost of fruit packs here is twice or three times as much or more than what Dangerdave paid - must be a fruit belt there!!
However there was one seemingly exception - a brand "President's Choice" "Four Berry Mix" (plus some other interesting high quality freezer packs) - for 3.99 (I still have to double check this is the regular price) and I got them on sale for $3.49. So if that is the regular price , this can be repeated many times.
If the standard price is $3.99 per 600 gm then it's $18.60 pounds unit cost for a 6 gallon batch. Not bad! Actually the sale price was 3.49.
So I got 3 packs of those President Choice and 3 packs of another brand in another store "Co-Op Gold". for again $3.49 on sale - but get this - that was special half-price sale and other brands were even more expensive. (ouch). So President's Choice is the only sure thing.
I don't have access to big box discount supermarkets in this small city - it might be better shopping there in the capitol but I go there so seldom and don't know the stores.
So considering Dave uses 6 pounds for 6 gallons then for my quantity of fruit - (6 times 600 gm) times 2.2 = 7.92 pounds = 7.92 gallons according to the recipe.
This is my mark , the ratio of fruit to gallons in the recipe, for all the measurements to follow.
So I separated the ingredients into two batches to target 3.96 gal each which is 15 litres exactly which is 20 bottles each exactly.
...
Then I can taste test each batch with the two different kinds of fruit packs and maybe might decide to merge them - or not.
The lemon juice 32 ounce 946 ml) a bottle is only 2 bucks a bottle.
Again using Dangerdave's recipe of 48 oz lemon for 6 gal US (22.71 litres) I calculated that I need 32 oz lemon in each of my batches.
I started the first batch with the President's choice 4 Berry Mix I will give my full recipe and progress to follow.
I didn't eat the Berry's at all - didn't want to rob the wine - they look pretty good - I should probably buy some to eat, but that's a second priority.
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