Sweet White Wine.

[Greg2013]

Ok i am looking for a wine kit that will produce a sweet white wine of good quality. Its for some relations and they prefer the wine on the sweet side

[Greg2013]

14 views and no answers lads? :

[Ciderhead]

you need to use brand new buckets for wine, you cannot use beer buckets and vice versa, the australian blend are ok and good to cut your teeth on

[Greg2013]

Thanks ciderhead will not be doing it for a while anyway.

[Will_D]

Ok i am looking for a wine kit that will produce a sweet white wine of good quality. Its for some relations and they prefer the wine on the sweet side

Buy a kit that says "Sweet White Wine" there will be some sweetners in there that will not be fermented away.

[Greg2013]

Indeed Tube thats probably what i will end up doing. Those wine kits are so expensive at average 40 euro for a good one. For what i want it for its a bit on the steep side but still for the right one i would.

[LordEoin]

I did the same with lidl apple juice and it turned out quite sweet. appledrop-ish and deceptively strong 

[Col]

Easy White/Wine Number 1
1L Apple juice (not from concentrate)
1L White grape juice (ditto)
700g White sugar
1 tsp Nutrient
1 tsp Citric Acid
GP yeast

Dissolve sugar in 1L boiling water, cool, add to DJ along with everything else, top up to shoulder with cooled, boiled water. Top up when the initial ferment dies down, and ferment out. Rack off the sediment, and add camden tablet and half teaspoon of potassium sorbate. You can add finings after three days, or leave to clear au naturel. Then you can sweeten with sugar to whatever sweetness you want (1.000 on the hydrometer is usually enough), and sweeten further with a teaspoon of glycerine. The glycerine gives it a lovely 'Mouthfeel' as well. All for about 3 yoyos a gallon.

[Will_D]

Sorry Col but your numbers don't add up!

Cheapest Lidl/Aldi Juice ( apple or grape(white graper only found in Aldi) ) is about a 1€  a litre.

To get juice from fresh fruit is way more expensive!

A gallon is 4.5 L so we are looking at like 5€ a gallon! (Using Lidl/Aldi juice)

Or am I missing something??

[Damo]

Will

I think col's reciepe is based on 2l of juice per finished Gallon of wine.
Based on WOW'S method

Grape juice from tesco E1.09

I've done 3 batches to date:

White grape/peach and Orange juice
Red grape and apple

Both of which are tasting better by the day!

Current one is birch sap and white grape.(still fermenting)

I cant recommend this method highly enough based on results so far

[Will_D]

Depending on the gravity of the juice from the cartons I add between 250 and 450 gms sugar per gallon of juice. I do not add water!

[Damo]

fair point!

However, Wow's recipies are based on 1L &1L and topped up with water.

This is where the 700g of sugar comes in.

[Col]

Yes Damo, you have that right. Sometimes, less is more with juice wines - I make lots (probably too much!) of both WOW and Easy White, and I'd vouch for both of them.

[Col]

And replacing the AJ with Tropicana is also popular - I have 2 gallons of that on, but haven't tasted it yet.

[Stitch]

you need to use brand new buckets for wine, you cannot use beer buckets and vice versa, the australian blend are ok and good to cut your teeth on

Why would you need to use new buckets??? Surely if you wash the beer bucket very well it should be ok???