Maddie bought me some pure Concord grape juice; not the crappy filler-eque juice used by leftover european grapes, but honest-to-Gort east-coast grapes that just taste purple.
I forsee wine-making experiments....
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While I know nothing about making wine I do remember an experiment from high school with grape juice. We added yeast to off the shelf juices (grape, lemon, lime, berry blend, a few others I don't remember) and let them ferment for a few week and then distilled off the alcohol to see what maximum ethanol concentrate one could make from the juice concentrate. While all of them made ethanol, only grape had the highest yield, but I suspect that was due more to the high sugar content in the juice itself. So if you fail at making a drinkable wine you could at least make yourself some semi-passable Grappa through further distillation. Good luck - let me know how it turns out.
I love that kind of juice & sometimes buy the really good stuff like Knudsen when it goes on sale. Nomnomnom. (printable coupon here, btw in case the winemaking works out) http://www.knudsenjuices.com/?e=sqb.coupon.detail&coupon_id=5
4 comments:
While I know nothing about making wine I do remember an experiment from high school with grape juice. We added yeast to off the shelf juices (grape, lemon, lime, berry blend, a few others I don't remember) and let them ferment for a few week and then distilled off the alcohol to see what maximum ethanol concentrate one could make from the juice concentrate. While all of them made ethanol, only grape had the highest yield, but I suspect that was due more to the high sugar content in the juice itself.
So if you fail at making a drinkable wine you could at least make yourself some semi-passable Grappa through further distillation.
Good luck - let me know how it turns out.
will do, but if I make grappa, it's getting pitched -- even winos don't drink that sh*t
Yes, Grappa is a very acquired taste, so I don't blame you if you chuck it.
I love that kind of juice & sometimes buy the really good stuff like Knudsen when it goes on sale. Nomnomnom.
(printable coupon here, btw in case the winemaking works out)
http://www.knudsenjuices.com/?e=sqb.coupon.detail&coupon_id=5
Amanda
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