KFH
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This is pretty simple, based off of Edwort's recipe. Mine ended up tasting a bit dry for most womens' taste, so I made a couple small changes here and there. Yes, I know it's a wholly unoriginal name, but it works.
5 gal apple juice (I ended up using Mott's)
4.75 lbs turbinado sugar
12 fl oz cranberry-raspberry juice concentrate (priming)
Procedure borrowed from Edwort's Apfelwien thread with necessary changes:
I was also an idiot and completely forgot to take any gravity readings, and the various online calculators give me ABV results anywhere from 11.96% to 43%, which I suspect is not quite accurate. If anyone can give me a more accurate estimate, I'd greatly appreciate it.
My girlfriend had a taste yesterday with the leftovers from bottling (enough to fill a small glass) and proclaimed it my best version to date. Her words: "It tastes like a sweet and refreshing spring wine." Keep in mind, this was the uncarbonated version with all the juice concentrate sugar and flavors still there. I have high hopes for the final version (bottled it yesterday), and I'll let everyone know how it turned out in two weeks.
I've also been asked to make an uncarbonated version, which I may try once I find out how well this batch turns out.
5 gal apple juice (I ended up using Mott's)
4.75 lbs turbinado sugar
12 fl oz cranberry-raspberry juice concentrate (priming)
Procedure borrowed from Edwort's Apfelwien thread with necessary changes:
- First sanitize the carboy, airlock, funnel, stopper or carboy cap.
- Open one gallon bottle of apple juice and pour half of it into the carboy using the funnel.
- Add 1 lb it to the now half full bottle of apple juice. Shake well.
- Repeat Steps 2 and 3, then go to step 5.
- Pour in the mixture of Apple Juice and Dextrose from both bottles into the carboy.
- Add yeast starter. Remember to keep your stir bar from falling in!
- Put your stopper or carboy cap on with an airlock and fill the airlock with cheap vodka. No bacteria will live in vodka and if you get suckback, you just boosted the abv.
I was also an idiot and completely forgot to take any gravity readings, and the various online calculators give me ABV results anywhere from 11.96% to 43%, which I suspect is not quite accurate. If anyone can give me a more accurate estimate, I'd greatly appreciate it.
My girlfriend had a taste yesterday with the leftovers from bottling (enough to fill a small glass) and proclaimed it my best version to date. Her words: "It tastes like a sweet and refreshing spring wine." Keep in mind, this was the uncarbonated version with all the juice concentrate sugar and flavors still there. I have high hopes for the final version (bottled it yesterday), and I'll let everyone know how it turned out in two weeks.
I've also been asked to make an uncarbonated version, which I may try once I find out how well this batch turns out.