Lidl Red Grape Juice for winemaking

[Stallion]

So thats where they went !!

Thought I was the only one lol! Looses its colour though thought about blue berries for body

 

[clyne]

You never know - after 2 years they may have it back in stock

 

[Omega]

Raising the topic from its sleep - is it cost effective making wine from grape juice bought in supermarkets? Because you can get wine kits for £20.95 that makes 23 litres, so Asda wine will be £34 for 20 litres
Or you will get notably better taste?
I currently make only wine (spend up to £40 per kit for 20-23 litres) and beers kits (spend £18-30 per kit that makes 20-23 litres), I like that my wine is the quality people cannot complain (except the strength) - just plain and standard. Don't mind doing something more sophisticated and contemplating buying a kit for £100+, but my gut feeling says it is waste of money

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Raising the topic from its sleep - is it cost effective making wine from grape juice bought in supermarkets? Because you can get wine kits for £20.95 that makes 23 litres, so Asda wine will be £34 for 20 litres

Back in the day when the thread below was started the answer was yes because you only use 12 litres of juice to make 22.5 litres of wine and kits back then were more expensive, i haven't made a supermarket juice wine in years as the "make your own" wine kits at The Range store are around £25 and are in my opinion better than a supermarket juice wine and you dont need to buy extra ingredients and finings etc.

https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/...ne-how-to-guide-and-recipes.49462/post-456519

 

[Omega]

Back in the day when the thread below was started the answer was yes because you only use 12 litres of juice to make 22.5 litres of wine and kits back then were more expensive, i haven't made a supermarket juice wine in years as the "make your own" wine kits at The Range store are around £25 and are in my opinion better than a supermarket juice wine and you dont need to buy extra ingredients and finings etc.

https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/...ne-how-to-guide-and-recipes.49462/post-456519

Have you tried more expensive kits? Even buying £100 kit and get 20-23 litres of good wine is still about £4 per bottle plus own labour/fun, I wonder if I can get close to £10/bottle wines from LidlL

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Have you tried more expensive kits? Even buying £100 kit and get 20-23 litres of good wine is still about £4 per bottle plus own labour/fun, I wonder if I can get close to £10/bottle wines from LidlL

No, my taste buds are not as good as they used to be a £10 bottle of wine would be a waste of money, the MYO wine is rumored to be made by Beverdale so although it is fairly cheap at £30 for the Red kit it doesn't taste like a cheap kit and has good review here.

 

[Dazzelknight]

All il say is go for it ! The winexpert kits are 1st class, the £100 kits taste as good as any £15 bottle of wine..I recommend leaving them to mature for at least 6 months,,, if u can !