vanillabean
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So I've make an apple wine from the apples in my yard. It's sitting at 14% abv. It's been sulfited and sorbated. I started it in September and its a little "hot". I fully expect to let it age out for probably a year, but I want to have a little at Christmas time. I was thinking of adding a bit of apple juice to dilute it a bit then also adding some cranberry concentrate to back sweeten and make a bit of a Christmas cocktail of sorts. My other thought was to back sweeten with ribena( black currant syrup). I did a sample with the ribena tonight and it was quite pleasant. I had to add quite a bit to sweeten and mellow the high alcohol. Ideally I'm thinking a bit of apple juice to dilute it first might be better. Anyone have experience with this. Any suggestions are welcome.