After doing a few of the flavored kit wines, it seemed to me that they were making a fast low alcohol wine that was drinkable when it was finished simply by adding a "flavor pack". This flavor pack tasted to me simply like a flavored syrup...so I have tried my own attempt at this without a kit and with great success.
First, I made an apple wine from apple juice concentrate. After it has settled and cleared, I added a bottle of Tourani's Caramel Syrup I purchased from World Market. It has been aging for six months and I tried a bottle last night and it is amazing! It does have a very distinctive caramel apple taste. I was not sure how the flavor would be after aging, but so far its great. Has anyone else tried this? My other blend was a Cranberry wine made from the frozen cranberry concentrate, then adding a bottle of the Tourani Pomegranite syrup. It tasted great when I bottled it, so I am anxious to try one of those soon as well. My next idea was to do a basic white wine recipe with the Welches White grape juice and add a bottle of strawberry syrup at bottling. So far im getting great results with about half the cost of a kit, but higher alcohol content and a better body wine. Anyone else ever try this crazy idea? if so, how did it turn out?
First, I made an apple wine from apple juice concentrate. After it has settled and cleared, I added a bottle of Tourani's Caramel Syrup I purchased from World Market. It has been aging for six months and I tried a bottle last night and it is amazing! It does have a very distinctive caramel apple taste. I was not sure how the flavor would be after aging, but so far its great. Has anyone else tried this? My other blend was a Cranberry wine made from the frozen cranberry concentrate, then adding a bottle of the Tourani Pomegranite syrup. It tasted great when I bottled it, so I am anxious to try one of those soon as well. My next idea was to do a basic white wine recipe with the Welches White grape juice and add a bottle of strawberry syrup at bottling. So far im getting great results with about half the cost of a kit, but higher alcohol content and a better body wine. Anyone else ever try this crazy idea? if so, how did it turn out?