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Old 09-02-2009, 07:57 PM   #1
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I saw an online recipe for making port that calls for 1 gallon of grape juice. I just so happen to have an extra gallon of juice that has already fermented for a week or so. Can I use that instead?


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Old 09-02-2009, 08:04 PM   #2
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That would depend on the recipe, care to share it?
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Old 09-02-2009, 08:29 PM   #3
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This is the only one I could find. winemaking: Requested Recipe (Port Wine) If you have another, then I would be open to that too..
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You would need to drop some Camden in it first to kill the yeast, but I do not see why you couldn't.
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cool thanks.. So how long should I wait after adding the camden to pitch the new strain of yeast?
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Old 09-02-2009, 09:42 PM   #6
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That recipe calls for a gallon of grape concentrate, so if you have a gallon of juice, cut everything by a factor of four.
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Good point... So really I would need almost 3 gallons of pure juice to make 6 gallons of this port so it's not ultra diluted?
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More like four and reduce the water the same amount.


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