5 alive wine!

[andystone]

Popped in the local co-op and saw 1l cartons of the children's drink 5 alive. Thought to myself, will this brew and at 29p a carton I thought id give it a go! 4 cartons straight into the dj, small bag of sugar, yeast and nutrients and off she went! Bubbling well this morning, so the waiting begins!

Anyone else tried this?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I can't remember seeing this juice used, how much juice was in the carton and does it have preservatives.

 

[andystone]

50% juice, no preservative

 

[Chippy_Tea]

If you like the taste it should turn out well, with the basic juice wines we use 2 litres of 100% juice, as you have used 4 litres of 50% it should be fine.

If you like experimenting and havent aleready seen it have a look at this - http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=49462

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[andystone]

That's the thread that got me thinking!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Keep us posted.

 

[andystone]

Slight update. Fermenting well and is a red/brown colour. Lots of sediment showing already, maybe over an inch!

 

[andystone]

Still slowly bubbling and colour changed to a nice dark red.

 

[andystone]

Finally got around to bottling this wine, a beautiful colour and really drinkable! I'll deffo be doing this again!

 

[brumbrew]

I've used some non descript fruit juices out of date at the local shop, I've boiled them if they have preserves and added sugar as you did, and never had a problem.

Good fillers when you're itching to watch something brew .

 

[FatDad]

Good fillers when you're itching to watch something brew .

Ahhh, so I'm not the only one who does this then. :)

 

[brumbrew]

No, I got my hands on gervin strains 4-13 for 25p each. So I've experimented using different strains. With carton juice and plums and peaches and well anything I can get my hands on to keep me out of trouble with the missus. :-)

The GV6 sauternes is particularly good. I used it in a dandelion mead. Very nice!