Anyone got recipe with using carton Grape juice?

[samnorfolk]

Hi am looking to make some wine and have been informed that you can use cartoned grape juice brought from supermarkets, am new to winemaking, any ideas??

 

[31bb3]

Welcome to the forum what you are looking for is wow or wurzels orange wine if you click the search there are plenty of posts

 

[Moley]

Take a look at the Wurzel's Orange Beginner's Guide.

You can make all sorts of combinations to the same method using one carton of grape juice and one of something else. For example, where WGJ = White Grape Juice and RGJ = Red Grape Juice:

WGJ + Apple
WGJ + Pineapple
RGJ + Cranberry
RGJ + Blueberry

 

[oldjiver]

I keep going back to a basic 1ltr white grape juice + 1litre apple juice + sugar to your required gravity. I then get a can of apricots , chop them into small pieces and cover them with the sugar. This sucks out the juice by osmosis and turns to liquid after about an hour. I then tip the sugar/apricots into a sieve and rinse the sugar/juice into the FV with water. Check gravity adjust as necessary and ferment.

 

[samnorfolk]

ok im very new to this how do you adjust the gravity and what gravity should i aim for??

 

[stevie1556]

Follow the link above and make some WOW.

I recently made wgj and apple and mango juice wine. It's very nice and drinkable, no harshness, but very mango-y. Apparently, rgj and cranberry juice is lovely, although I can't comment on that as mine is still being made.

Strawberry Ribena wine is also nice and very easy to make. Boil a litre of Strawberry Ribena (the concentrate version) for 15 mins to get rid of the preservatives, then when it's cool add it to a DJ, along with 3.5 litres water, 680 grams of sugar, juice of 1 lemon, yeast and yeast nutrient. Should produce about 12% abv. The 3.5 litres of water is based on using a 5 litre plastic water bottle for a DJ, but if using a glass one use 3 litres of water.

Whichever wine you make, put the sugar into a saucepan along with some water, and stir it as the water warms up. Its much quicker and easier to get the sugar to dissolve.

 

[oldjiver]

ok im very new to this how do you adjust the gravity and what gravity should i aim for??

I usually go for 1090, which should give you 12-13% alcohol if it finishes at 0.990. This is 2lb of sugar in a gallon or 1kg in 5 litres. Remember that the juice will have about 100 - 150 grams of sugar per litre.
So the calculation should be..
1 litre apple juice = 100gms
1litre grape juice = 150gms
So add 750 gms sugar Total 1kg sugar

This is approximate as each juice will have the sugar content per 100ml on the side of the carton. Ignore the apricots as it is only a small amount.

 

[oldjiver]

A simple alcohol calculation is to divide the total gravity drop by 7.36 i.e. 1090 to 0990 = a drop of 100 deg. 100 divided by 7.36 = 13.6 % alcohol.