So i was at my buddies house the other day, and he showed my his home wine making set up, and i immediately began thinking about starting up myself. I've been doing some research on the web, and i'm definately going to do it. So here's my question:
my friend had a 5 gallon carboy of white wine going, and also had two 1 gallon jugs of "jug wine" as he called it. He and his roomate have bi-weekly jug wine competitions, where they make a batch and compare. He gave me a sample of one made with frozen cherry juice concentrate, sugar, water, and champaign yeast, which had been fermenting for a week and a half. While it wasn't fine wine, it was definately potable. This type of wine is what i plan on starting with. Has anyone here made "jug wine" in this way before, simply with juice, sugar, water, and yeast?
Also, i have most of the equipment i feel i'll need (a gallon carboy, airlock, funnel, yeast), but i don't have any tubing for siphoning the wine out of the original jug. Could a funnel with a tightly woven strainer on it do the trick, considering i could easily poor out of a 1 gallon jug?
Any other thoughts or advice on this simple wine would be great, as i'm planning to start next week!
my friend had a 5 gallon carboy of white wine going, and also had two 1 gallon jugs of "jug wine" as he called it. He and his roomate have bi-weekly jug wine competitions, where they make a batch and compare. He gave me a sample of one made with frozen cherry juice concentrate, sugar, water, and champaign yeast, which had been fermenting for a week and a half. While it wasn't fine wine, it was definately potable. This type of wine is what i plan on starting with. Has anyone here made "jug wine" in this way before, simply with juice, sugar, water, and yeast?
Also, i have most of the equipment i feel i'll need (a gallon carboy, airlock, funnel, yeast), but i don't have any tubing for siphoning the wine out of the original jug. Could a funnel with a tightly woven strainer on it do the trick, considering i could easily poor out of a 1 gallon jug?
Any other thoughts or advice on this simple wine would be great, as i'm planning to start next week!