[laketrout]

JW , I was talking about the recipe that flower planter posted It's not a wine or a mead it's a cross between them. Combines the best properties of each. It's a full bodied wine rich in flavor with the smoothness and mouth feel of mead.

For those that don't like mead you will want to try this.

12 cans Welch’s 100% grape (I don’t like their white grape)
3 cups white sugar
4 cups wild flower honey
cotes de blanc yeast

SG 1.090

I have made several batches and the SG was right on each time.

Mix all contents in 5 gal carboy at the same time. Rack as needed about 3 times.
After the last of th

 

[laketrout]

I make hard cider from pasteurized cider. Not sure what the issue would be unless you are not adding yeast and relying on the wild yeast. J

I tried three batchs one year , one with a wine yeast one with a beer yeast and one catching a wild yeast and by far the wild yeast was 100% better than the other two so from then on I dont use yeast

 

[laketrout]

looks like it has been pasteurized isnt that a problem , I know we cant make hard cider from pasteurized cider

 

[laketrout]

it cleared up a little bit but not all the way BUT its really good so i dont think its going to be a problem !!! Just finishing up a really good fat tire clone hate to see the last bottle it was the best beer I've brewed so far

 

[laketrout]

Let us know how it turns out , I have a raspberry Merlot just about done but so far it isnt clearing up going to wait a few more days , did you do the welch's recipe to compare to your present batch

 

[laketrout]

what would make these other juice's have more acid content than the welch's is it just a different blend of grapes or are they adding something

 

[laketrout]

are you suggesting just a little bit of juice and yeast in a small glass as a test

 

[laketrout]

My Giant food store does have there own label of frozen concentrated grape juice I'm waiting to check the label and see if it contains sulfites but i would think it would be very similar to the welch's brand but the private is alot cheaper hopefully thats just paying for the name and not something else like a different grape

 

[laketrout]

JW did you find anything at wally world , I see the welchs 100 % pure grape juice has sulfites in it

 

[laketrout]

I see the brown wood acres juice is flash pasteurized could this be a problem , I know of someone that tried to make hard cider with store bought pasteurized cider and it didnt work , or would the real welchs regular juice be a better bet

 

[laketrout]

Yeah , would you need 5gals. of juice or 20 qts ?