Re: 4 cups of sugar

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The basic recipe I use is make the fruit juice per directions on the
package + about 1 cup of sugar. That makes about 1.5 liters of
juice, or make the bottle 75% full. Brew about 2 weeks. The yeast
usually dies of either alcohol poisoning or startvation (no more
sugar). AFTER fermentation stops and the yeast has all died, I can
re-sweeten if I want to.

I also like to play with mixing in a little Strong brewed tea for
tannic acid, or adding spices to the fruit juice to bend the flavor
around. Adding a little bit of cinnamon to apple juice before
brewing makes for a SUPER tasty Hard Cider!

Willum

--- "JoKirKev" wrote:
>
> How did you make your wine more dry? 1 cup of sugar in these
sugary
> juice mixes is more sweet than I care for.
>
>
> --- In E-Z-Caps@yahoogroups.com, "ericlrichardson"
> wrote:
> >
> > ok, i got my ez caps a little while ago but just now decided to
try
> > a batch. well, before i had the ez caps i tried another method
of
> > winemaking that used a gallon instead of 2 liters, anyway i used
> > like 1 or 2 cups of sugar (cant remember which) with the gallon
> > setup. it was WAY dry, and i hated it. so with the ez caps i
> decided
> > to use 4 cups of sugar for a 2 liter. i put in the 4 cups of
sugar
> > and then very hot water to disolve the sugar. after that i
poured
> in
> > a container of thawed welches (everyone seems to use welches)
> > concord grape juice and then put in the yeast. after that i
filled
> > up with warm water untill it was as full as it should be (about
90%
> > full). so, its been 5 days of fermenting, i tried it yesterday
and
> > it was SWEET! but i am going to let it ferment for a total of 10
> > days. i want the alcohol content to get to 17% so that the yeast
> > will die, which will stop fermentation without the need for any
> > chemicals. so, has anyone ever tried that much sugar? did it
turn
> > out? how long did you have to ferment? anyway i figure the wine
> will
> > turn out 1 of 3 ways. 1) too sweet 2) too dry 3) just right.
> > personally i am hoping that it will turn out just right. but if
it
> > is too sweet then i can use 2 or 3 cups of sugar for the next
> batch.
> > also, has anyone tried any of the other winemaking yeasts on the
> > market instead of just the yeast that comes with the ez tops?
> > thanks.
> >
>



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