Aldi's Peach 'n' White Grape Juice

[Will_D]

Fermented up a gallon of this juice with about 400 gms white sugar/nutrients/wine yeast. Started in September and just drinking now. Dropped crystal clear and its gorgeous - hint of peach, a little acid, a little sweetness BRILL#

And all for 89C a CS litre!

Luckily got a few more in the production line!

"Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Its off to Aldi I will go", If you miss out on Lidl then Aldi's ye're Man

[Greg2013]

Hey youse deer wots de alcohool lyke?

[Stitch]

My brother in law tasted a wine that I did from the grape jucie in aldi. I put one of these on for him last week but not sure if he will be getting it now!!!

[Will_D]

Hey youse deer wots de alcohool lyke?

For a light white I tend to go for about 10%

Lidl reds tend towards 12% ( PM Sent about abv's )

If you do a Lidl red at about 9% and drink when still "alive" it makes for a great "Lidl Lambrusco"

[DrowningManatee]

al die before i go to lidl

[Col]

Will, do you mean you made it purely with the fruit juice? Does that make it any better than the standard WOW recipe, i.e. just two liters of juice? I've always stuck to the WOW guidelines (currently supping a drop of Tropicana/OJ WOW).

[Will_D]

Yes, I just used the juice and added enough white sugar for my gravity requirements - lets say 350 gms nper gallon.

Thats all there is to it folks

Simpless (squeak)

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[LordEoin]

I do it the same way. Juice + sugar + yeast. Simple, tasty! 

[Col]

But do you think it's any better than the standard WOW recipe, which only costs half as much? Yes, I am a TAG (Tight Arsed Git).

[LordEoin]

I think it does. I find that the original fruit flavours carry over. That might just be me, I dunno.
For example, one sticks out in my mind that was made with Lidl Apple juice sugar and yeast (i might have used a teabag and some raisins too, can't remember). It was like boozy appledrops.

[Col]

Mmm. Might experiment, then. Thanks.

[brenmurph]

again me and kellie have been using the aldi juices and blind tested them on people many times....bog standard Aldi grapoe juice 15% sugar content makes we calculated a 9% wine without ant additions. we used a magnum wine kit yeast from a previous batch anbd kept that goin for a few batched now we use a lovely universal wine yeast.

We love the idea that it clears on its own with no finings  and or chemicals, sulphites and so on, keep in fridge and we get months fresh in the fridge with no off flavours.

Tweak ur own recipe with additions or a different yeast but we dont modify at all.. particularly useful and successfull is slightly carbonated 3 litre white and 1 litre red juice mixed to make a pink carbonated dry wine

Dunno why Aldi's juice makes such great wine so cheap but its probably consistency of supply and that the juice is pasteurised as well makes it safe to dump straight in the demijon,, just pour boiling water over top to sterilise before pouring

[GrahamR]

Made a gallon of this on sat, what sort of fermentation/conditioning time am I looking at

[LordEoin]

ferment til it stops bubbling, condition til it's clear... After that the rest is guesswork without knowing how you're brewing it and what you're adding to it.