Other Blush Melon Zin

[Loner]

I have two fruit kits en route one of them being the blush melon Zinfandel. I'm wondering if anyone has replaced some or most of the water with watermelon juice. I just happen to have two gallons chilling right now that I intend to add to this kit. Any thoughts or suggestions !!

 

[Loner]

Well ... This may turn out to be the first batch I pour out. I did add two gallons of watermelon juice. Fermentation went well and it's now dry but tastes like it has soured. I still plan to back sweeten and give it a fair chance but at this point it's not looking good.

 

[SouthernChemist]

You probably threw off the intended acidity of the kit by adding the watermelon juice. Watermelon itself is difficult to work with for winemaking purposes, from what I understand, as the flavor can be pretty delicate. Did these kits come with an f-pack?

 

[Loner]

Yes it came with an F pack which I haven't added yet.

 

[Rampage4all]

I've done 2 watermelon wines and they both seemed sour to me. Left them for a year in bottle then they was awesome. With no back sweetening . Had some residual sugar left.

Note
Went from 1.120 OG to 1.015 FG

 

[Loner]

Thanks for the info. I was down to 0.990 so I transferred to glass with the AIO added the F pack and chemicals and clearing agent (per instructions). The taste is better but still not what I was expecting. I think I had one taste in mind when in reality the melon zin was totally different. I think I will be ok .. May tweak the acid a bit after it settles in.