Nuttypuddy
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- May 24, 2021
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Hi Everyone,
Iam just getting into the hobby, but cannot go into any wine stores and browse. I have all the things I need to brew. I decided to go a different route than a starter wine kit and make it from Apple Juice. I noticed allot of posts about 2 months minimum for great wine. I was able to do mine in 1 month and a week, and I found it tasted great.
I used 18 litres of apple juice
10 lbs of sugar
Yeast nutrient
Yeast energizer
Pectin Enzme
5 Cinnamon sticks
And a cup of raisins
Oh and of course some ec-1118 yeast
Added all then topped it up to 5 gallons.
It started bubbling immediately, and went strong for 10 days.
I let it sit in my primary for 2 weeks
Then my secondary for 2 weeks until I was sure there were no more bubbles.
Then racked it again and put bentonite and whipped the carbon out.
Then added 5 crushed Camden tablets and whipped it again, let it sit another week.
It was crystal clear. It packed a serious punch, and tasted great.
I’m now trying the same thing with the no name frozen juice from Sobeys. My question is am I doing something wrong? It’s clear, it’s alcohol I think is about 15% well that’s what the hydrometer said before I put in the yeast. So why does everyone else take longer.
Iam just getting into the hobby, but cannot go into any wine stores and browse. I have all the things I need to brew. I decided to go a different route than a starter wine kit and make it from Apple Juice. I noticed allot of posts about 2 months minimum for great wine. I was able to do mine in 1 month and a week, and I found it tasted great.
I used 18 litres of apple juice
10 lbs of sugar
Yeast nutrient
Yeast energizer
Pectin Enzme
5 Cinnamon sticks
And a cup of raisins
Oh and of course some ec-1118 yeast
Added all then topped it up to 5 gallons.
It started bubbling immediately, and went strong for 10 days.
I let it sit in my primary for 2 weeks
Then my secondary for 2 weeks until I was sure there were no more bubbles.
Then racked it again and put bentonite and whipped the carbon out.
Then added 5 crushed Camden tablets and whipped it again, let it sit another week.
It was crystal clear. It packed a serious punch, and tasted great.
I’m now trying the same thing with the no name frozen juice from Sobeys. My question is am I doing something wrong? It’s clear, it’s alcohol I think is about 15% well that’s what the hydrometer said before I put in the yeast. So why does everyone else take longer.