During the aging process i have used amarican oak chips for the dry wine and it comes out great.
Gallon of grape juice.
Just make sure that it is free of preservatives such as potassium sorbate.
Lift the nylon straining bag out of the pail.
All of our red wine juices are hot pressed and treated with metabisulfite.
I m using 1 2 gallon of apple juice about 2 litres and will take about 500ml out to allow space for adding sugar and yeast.
4 one litre is 135 0z of grape juice is 136 oz.
Adjust temperature as necessary.
It is clear listening to you that a 5g packet of yeast is what i need for this amount.
Muscadine grapes from the native of southeastern united states are abundant in polyphenols resveratrol and ellagic acid.
Add sugar mix until sugar is completely dissolved.
Wring the bag to extract as much juice as possible.
Jone pe i ve never used chinese yeast but any wine yeast will grow in the fermenting vessel until all the sugar is used up or the alcohol level is as high as it can tolerate.
Muscadine wine is probably one of the healthiest foods you ve never heard of.
One gallon water jug is 120 oz.
Regardless of which variety you have purchased no additional sulfite should be added prior to fermentation.
Grape juice concentrate is made by slowly simmering fresh grapes in hot water for a period of time the grapes are then strained from the liquid resulting in a grape juice concentrate that s rich in flavor.
Choose your grape juice.
What i am unsure about is how much sugar to add especially considering that the apple juice also has sweetness.
Start with at least 5 25 gallons of white grape juice to end up with five gallons of wine.
Take a sample of the juice in the pail and use your titration kit to measure the acid.
Dave mcclure author from kyle scotland on april 23 2019.
Our high quality juice was produced with great care and is ready for you to nurture it through fermentation.
Muscadine grapes have more fiber than oats and contain a wealth of other essential nutrients as well.
But don t eat them raw just yet because muscadine grape is also one grape that is.
It should be between 55 to 65 f.
You can use red or white whichever you prefer.
Measure the temperature of the juice.
Add yeast nutrient acid blend and tannin.
Pour your two half gallon jugs of welch s into a sanitized bucket fermenter.
You should have about one gallon of juice in the pail.
All red wine juices have been standardized at 21 percent sugar unless they are naturally higher then.