MurphyTexas
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Has anyone ever used Knudsen's Just Black Cherry juice to back flavor Skeeter Pee?
Since making SP is all about trying different things; I decided to Back Flavor Dry rather than Back Sweeten. Today I added a 32 oz bottle of R. W. Knudsen's unsweetened Just Black Cherry to a 5 gallon carboy of finished stabilized Skeeter Pee. The specific gravity is exactly 1.0 so it is dry. WOW. This tastes great at room temperature and without a need for sweetening. Of course, I will sweeten a bottle with simple syrup and have friends who prefer dry wine to do a blind taste test to see what they think.
Just Black Cherry quart glass bottle was $3.88 at Walmart. The ingredients list: Juice from ripe whole black cherries. No added water. No preservatives. No sugar. Just a very strong Black Cherry flavor packed into a small quart bottle. Not sure if 2 quart bottles would be better in 5 gallons but 1 quart adds enough flavor.
My favorite Skeeter until today has been Blackberry Jam SP back sweetened with a BB Jam F-Pak. This black cherry SP "might could" give it a run for it's money.
I still have 2 carboys of finished stabilized unflavored SP waiting patiently. I wonder what a combo Blackberry Jam / Black Cherry Juice back sweetening would taste like?
Since making SP is all about trying different things; I decided to Back Flavor Dry rather than Back Sweeten. Today I added a 32 oz bottle of R. W. Knudsen's unsweetened Just Black Cherry to a 5 gallon carboy of finished stabilized Skeeter Pee. The specific gravity is exactly 1.0 so it is dry. WOW. This tastes great at room temperature and without a need for sweetening. Of course, I will sweeten a bottle with simple syrup and have friends who prefer dry wine to do a blind taste test to see what they think.
Just Black Cherry quart glass bottle was $3.88 at Walmart. The ingredients list: Juice from ripe whole black cherries. No added water. No preservatives. No sugar. Just a very strong Black Cherry flavor packed into a small quart bottle. Not sure if 2 quart bottles would be better in 5 gallons but 1 quart adds enough flavor.
My favorite Skeeter until today has been Blackberry Jam SP back sweetened with a BB Jam F-Pak. This black cherry SP "might could" give it a run for it's money.
I still have 2 carboys of finished stabilized unflavored SP waiting patiently. I wonder what a combo Blackberry Jam / Black Cherry Juice back sweetening would taste like?