Cracked Cork
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We steam juiced 35 pounds of black currants to yield 3 gallons of must. Using the NaOH test for acid, it had a TA of 2.03%. I diluted it up to 5 gallons and now its at 1.58%. Its pretty tart. I used 71B-1112 yeast because its supposed to eat up a little acid but probably wont matter much with this high an acid and in currants. So now I have 60% juice, most black currant juices to drink are like 33% (like Looza). I am debating on wether to dilute this to 10 gallons to bring the acid down. If we dont we are going to have to add a lot of sugar to balance which might not be too bad anyway. Crackedcork