Ribena Wine.

[Greg2013]

Will double check my figures when i get a chance but i am pretty certain that 18.5% abv is correct.

[Will_D]

To get an Abv of 18.5% you would need a gravity drop of 135 points.

What yeast are you using?

I can drop a "vintage" port must down more than 140 points by using the "turbo yeasts" and get near 21% Abv.

Have you used a turbo yeast?

If not then you need a new hydrometer!!!

[Greg2013]

Ha ha i used a younds super wine yeast which i believe is good for around 20%.

[LordEoin]

Og and sg same thing. Original gravity/ starting gravity?

OG - original gravity (first reading)
SG - specific gravity (any reading)
FG - final gravity (last reading)

What is your current SG?
Also, what does your hydrometer read in water at 20C?

[Will_D]

Will double check my figures when i get a chance but i am pretty certain that 18.5% abv is correct.

To generate 18.5 % abv you would have to ferment 1.6 kilos of sugar to the gallon.

How many kilos did the recipe tell you to use?
How many did you use?

[Greg2013]

Ok it was a 4 litre batch and i used 1kg dextrose on top of whatever was in the Ribena already which if i remember was something like 300 gr per litre. So 1300 grams sugar in 4 litres.

[Garry]

Have to figure out what to back sweeten it with though before bottling?

I tried this recipe too last night. I read somewhere else that they back sweetened it with 150ml of Ribena and it gave it back some of the Ribena taste.

[Greg2013]

Yep gary thats what i ended up doing. Actually i used a polish blackcurrent syrup and it turned out grand. Still a success but hard to see how this would be a drink on its own wine? What i may do next time is stop fermentation after a week and see what that does for taste etc.

[LordEoin]

I would not recommend forcing the fermentation to stop. It is more difficult than it sounds.
Instead, try something like this or a sugar-free blackcurrant dilutable (to avoid carbonation if you have not properly killed the yeast).

[Rats]

I made a Ribena Strawberry Wine end last year and I use this info from an android app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koolappz.EP77706450001&hl=en) I have on my phone.

[Greg2013]

Rats how do you find that app to use? Might get it if its any good. How did your ribena wine turn out?

[Rats]

Rats how do you find that app to use? Might get it if its any good. How did your ribena wine turn out?

Link for app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koolappz.EP77706450001&hl=en
or in Google Play "making your own wine" the app with the 3 wine glasses.
Little dry for my liking but will back sweeten a few bottles for me.