Orange/Grapefruit WOW?

[Slate Miner]

I'm planning to make up a gallon of WOW using the usual orange juice, also a separate one with apple juice.

But was wondering if I substituted the orange juice for an Orange/Grapefruit juice mix. Has anyone tried it and if so how did it turn out?

 

[carl_saint]

I've tried using 1 litre of white grape juice, 1 litre of grapefruit juice and 800g of sugar in 1 gallon. it turned out very nice a bit like a Sauvignon blanc!

 

[Slate Miner]

I've tried using 1 litre of white grape juice, 1 litre of grapefruit juice and 800g of sugar in 1 gallon. it turned out very nice a bit like a Sauvignon blanc!

Sounds good! :thumb:

 

[oldstout]

I've used grapefruit juice when beefing up Youngs kits, slurrpacious so far :thumb:

 

[Moley]

I've used grapefruit juice as a straight substitute and thought it turned out acidic like a cheap Hock or Liebfraumilch.

I've used some grapefruit in combination with other juices and that turned out well.

 

[oldstout]

I've used grapefruit juice as a straight substitute and thought it turned out acidic like a cheap Hock or Liebfraumilch.

I've used some grapefruit in combination with other juices and that turned out well.

Meant to say I've used it in conjunction with other juices - never on it's own I can imagine it would be acidic as you say Moley :thumb:

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[wardup82]

I have done a WOW with grapefruit juice and white grape juice had the first aged bottle last weekend. I thought it was bloomin' awful! Mother in law said she liked it but I think she was being polite.

Either it's my taste buds or something is wrong with it. It will be aged a lot longer as it's moved to the back of the drinking queue. Seems everyone else has given grapefruit their seal of approval so go for it!

 

[Johnsan]

Excuse me, I'm new here and just wading through the posts. Could somebody please tell me (what is going to be VERY obvious to everyone else I expect) what does WOW stand for? :wha:

 

[bobsbeer]

Wurzels Orange Wine. It's a quick and easy wine made from 1lt Orange juice and 1 lt Grape juice. It's a good wine to get you started and tastes good.

 

[Johnsan]

Wurzels Orange Wine. It's a quick and easy wine made from 1lt Orange juice and 1 lt Grape juice. It's a good wine to get you started and tastes good.

Thanks for that, I was a bit puzzled by the term.

 

[ingypingy2]

Why not try making a WOW using a carton of breakfast juice instead of straight orange juice? :) As it's a combination of Orange and Grapefruit, it would surely give the best of both? :)

 

[Slate Miner]

Why not try making a WOW using a carton of breakfast juice instead of straight orange juice? :) As it's a combination of Orange and Grapefruit, it would surely give the best of both? :)

I was in Sainsbury's earlier today and purchased a litre of their 'basics' Breakfast Juice, according to the packaging it contains 90% Orange and 10% Grapefruit Juice from concentrate, think I'll give this a go when I do my next WOW brew. :


Last week picked up from Aldi a 100% 'tropical' pure squeezed juice - pineapple juice 65%, orange juice 30% mango puree 5%, this should work ok I think. :hmm:

And a 'muitifruit' 100% pure squeezed juice - grape juice 52%, apple juice 28%, blackcurrent juice 8%, blackberry juice 7%, cranberry puree 5%, will this work as a WOW variation? quite a bit of extra grape juice :hmm:

Just waiting to rack my existing WOW (original) and apple WOW in a few days time to free up a couple of DJ's before the next batch gets under way. :thumb:

 

[RobWalker]

+1 for acidic, I havnt used It but my small knowledge of brewing with fruit is that when using strong tasters - pineapple, cherry - be careful because the tartness can become very amplified.