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For the second batch I only added a couple pounds of sugar, which was less than I added for the first one. I was mostly surprised that wine could have an abv of 18%+.

Yes, I suppose I should do an update now. I used the basic version of snowgirl's recipe (linked above: here), but didn't quite have enough juice to do two double batches. One is a 5 gallon batch using red grape concentrate (SG start @ 1.095), the other using white grape juice concentrate (SG...

Wow, thanks for the help! I think I will work with Snowgirl812001's suggested recipe, using the white grape concentrate with sugar added to reach my ideal SP (the 1.08-1.09 range). I'll have to do some reading on the yeast. The rent house I'm in now definitely runs about ambient temperature...

Hello, I've been reading through every thread in these forums concerning prickly pear wine, but haven't found an adequate answer to the question(s) I have. This is my first attempt at making a wine myself (i.e. not a prefab kit), but I have some semblance of what is going on. The recipe...