This ready to drink Ribena.

[kRooGa]

So, I've got these 2 litre cartons of ready to drink Ribena. I was going to mix them with 2 cartons of Aldi red grape and cranberry in a gallon DJ. Would this work, do you think, and roughly how much sugar would you recommend. The Ribena contains 104g per litre with no artificial whatsits. Any opinions gratefully received

 

[BigYin]

if you know how much sugar is in the other juices - and it will be on the nutrition label - you can work out what you need :

230g of sugar per litre should give around a 12% wine (according to Moley's WOW How To.. )

So if you are doing 5 litres, you need 1150g of sugar in total.

If the ribena is 104g per litre, then 2 litres is 208g. Then add the sugar values from the other juices, subtract that amount from the grand total, and then you know what to add.

Say the grape juice is 140g and the cranberry is 80g, 1 litre of each - that's 240g, add that to the ribena 208g, and you have 448g of sugar in solution already, so add another 702g and you will now have the total 1150g you want :thumb:

Substitute the actual sugar values from the juices you are using, and away you go :drink:

 

[ScottM]

Sounds like you're after a cider-type-drink rather than a wine.... given the amount of juice you are thinking of using.

If that's the case I wouldn't bother with any additional sugar. Grape juice is fairly high and will get you to around the 6% mark.

If you are wanting a wine then you will want to ditch at least 2L of juice for water.

 

[kRooGa]

I don't really know what to expect from it. But I thought that as the Ribena is pre diluted it would be ok having its own water on board and no artificial nasties either. I'll give it a bash and see what happens :

 

[kRooGa]

Ok, so I started this today. 1 litre white grape juice, 1 litre Ribena and 675 g of sugar dissolved in 800 ml of hot water, topped up with cooled boiled water and another splash of Ribena. Oh, and a mug of strong tea OG was 1.108. Let's see what happens

 

[BigYin]

sounds good :drink: