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Great thanks

So my error would be that because the recipe didn't mention water, I assumed no extra water required. Going by your recipe it seems the general rule would be an extra 2.5 litres of water per 2 litres of supermarket juice? Even if the recipe doesn't mention water.

Thanks Chippy. Im going shopping tomorrow to give your recipe a go, trial and error I suppose. will have to wait and see if I have made a massive error with my current brew.

Definitely not after an Alcopop, just something with a bit of body to it. I dont ever expect to get anything like a quality wine, its only that my reds (Kit bought reds) have always turned out a little boring, the whites have been great.

Just FYI, I took the recipe from dewsfamily Lidl red wine recipe 4x 1 litre cartons lidl red grape juice 1lb sugar 2 tsp citric acid 1 tsp nutrient 1/2 tsp tannin 1 tsp pectolase 1 tsp yeast (i use youngs high alcohol) My only difference was the addition of a litre of Ribena to the...

Thanks Chippy tea. I think my only concern was that all of my reds so far have come out "thin" (if thats the right term?) So i was concerned that adding too much water would have that same thinning effect. Although I don't suppose theres any harm in adding some water at this stage?

On this current brew I only added water to the Ribena mix, so about 1.5 litres water, other than that it was the pure grape juice right out the carton.

Just joined after reading many posts for weeks now. I have been dabbling in home-brew for about 12 months, had some good results and some dire results. Just tried making up my own mix with the following 1kg sugar 10 litres of lidl red grape juice 100% grape 1 litre diluted ribena 4...