sddingman
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OK fellow vinonauts..... Input please:
I am considering making a black cherry wine from 100% organic juice. I have a 32 oz container of juice, 33g/sugar per serving so probably don't need starter. Making a 1 gallon batch total was thinking about 2.5 lbs sugar, my favorite cuvee yeast and water to make up.
When I make wine from whole fruit I usually use 3-4 lbs fruit to 1 gal water, these wines come out great. According to several sources 4 lbs of cherries should yield about 32 oz pure juice, hence my procuring the 32 oz jug of cherry juice. It should yield about the same concentration of cherry goodness in the wine as I would get if I mushed my own cherries...right???
However in doing research, I am reading all these posts from folks making juice wine (mostly grape) and they are either making it from 2 cans of concentrate (which should make 96 oz or 3/4 gal of juice) or a whole gallon of juice. Too each their own but this seems like juice overkill a bit. I am not sure what I am missing, if anything.
Sean
I am considering making a black cherry wine from 100% organic juice. I have a 32 oz container of juice, 33g/sugar per serving so probably don't need starter. Making a 1 gallon batch total was thinking about 2.5 lbs sugar, my favorite cuvee yeast and water to make up.
When I make wine from whole fruit I usually use 3-4 lbs fruit to 1 gal water, these wines come out great. According to several sources 4 lbs of cherries should yield about 32 oz pure juice, hence my procuring the 32 oz jug of cherry juice. It should yield about the same concentration of cherry goodness in the wine as I would get if I mushed my own cherries...right???
However in doing research, I am reading all these posts from folks making juice wine (mostly grape) and they are either making it from 2 cans of concentrate (which should make 96 oz or 3/4 gal of juice) or a whole gallon of juice. Too each their own but this seems like juice overkill a bit. I am not sure what I am missing, if anything.
Sean
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