If anybody happened to notice that my first batch of Welches Concord Grape turned out STRONG. I overshot OG quite a bit, there was quite a bit of residual sugar left, and it had some alcohol burn lol. Even so, it was tolerable. A few weeks has gone by, and that burn is dissipating, and now it's not so harsh to drink
Still sweet, and 2 glasses put me in my happy place. Three and it's lights out.
And so I decided that it was time for round 2. And I decided to get more adventurous, because even if the first didnt turn out as good as it could have, it didn't turn out bad (considering)
So I went with three 1 gallon batches this time. Cranberry, White Grape Cocktail, and Strawberry Breeze all by Welches. This time I was much closer to the recommended OG; 1.095 Bullseye on all accounts! The only difference, still, is that I had a few packets of yeast that needed to be used, and since I'm not starting any beer for another 2 weeks, I used ale yeast.
The strawberry breeze and cranberry both got S-04. I know it's unconventional, but with the upper range of about 10% and taking into consideration what some people have said about cranberry and strawberry, I figured it couldn't hurt to have some residual sugar left (that and the Mrs. prefers sweet wines).
The white grape cocktail got nottingham. It has a slightly higher alcohol tolerance, but not by much.
So all three should come out sweet (if I planned this right) they should all be finished somewhere in the range of 1.011 and 1.015 and in the 10% abv range.
All three got 1tsp of pectic enzyme, 1tsp of yeast nutrient, and 1tsp of yeast energizer, and that was in hopes of getting closer to the 1.011 FG. Anyway, as always, I'll keep you posted