leeds chimp Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Got my first batch of wine on the go...well actually only 3 gallons Found it on the home brew forum and its called a WOW wine... WOW WINE To make 1 gallon: 1 litre White Grape Juice 1 litre Orange Juice, no bits, budget brands are fine around 800g Sugar 1 tsp Pectolase - see below Tannin - see below 1 tsp Glycerine (optional) Yeast & Nutrient - see below Later on you will need Campden tablets and (unless you want a dry wine) Potassium Sorbate or “Wine Stabiliser”. Glycerine is optional but can improve ‘mouth feel’ of the finished wine. Used at 5ml to the gallon, these little bottles from the supermarket home baking aisle at around 70p are good for 7-8 brews. It works out much cheaper to buy a bigger bottle from the Chemist’s if you’re using it on a regular basis. I find a range of syringes can be useful and you can buy those on ebay. METHOD Heat in a saucepan with about a pint / 500ml of water. It doesn’t need to reach boiling point. If fermenting in plastic, allow to cool a bit. If fermenting in glass, DJs really don't like thermal shock, allow the syrup to cool a lot. Pour your juices into the DJ or PET. Add your sugar syrup, glycerine and tea then add some cold water but DO NOT FILL. With a PET it’s usually safe to fill to this level, with a glass DJ it should be to the bottom of the shoulder Put your (well washed) hand over the neck of the jar and give it a damned good shake to mix everything up and to get some air into the must. Check the temperature. If it’s around 25°C (give or take a bit), add your yeast, nutrient and pectolase. Cover and shake it again. If you’ve got a hydrometer you may wish to take an OG or Original Gravity reading, although that’s not a lot of use unless you’ve calibrated your jar beforehand and know what volume you’ve got. Campden tablets guard against infection and oxidation, and you should use one per gallon whenever you rack your wine. Crush it to a powder between two teaspoons. This will now also stun any remaining yeasties. There will always be a few stubborn individuals who don’t know when they’ve had enough, just lurking in the shadows in case anyone should throw a bit more sugar their way, so Potassium Sorbate or ‘Wine Stabiliser’ makes sure they can’t reproduce Let it settle for a day then transfer into a new demijohn with a camden tablet it Put your (washed) hand over the neck of the jar and give the jar a gentle shake, ease your palm away and the wine will fizz. Cover again and give it a harder shake, release the fizz. let it settle and clear then into bottles and enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Drinking wine and playing tennis whatever next.......... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted January 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Drinking wine and playing tennis whatever next.......... :lol: funny...those balls are for the dogs....and picked up a little something for you on my travels... :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 They call it WOW wine because you take one sip and say WOW thats **** PS did you pick me something up on you travels too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holly Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 wurzels orange wine been brewing it for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted January 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) wurzels orange wine been brewing it for years They call it WOW wine because you take one sip and say WOW thats **** PS did you pick me something up on you travels too. I have actually but since you are so busy working or fishing/shooting without me then it might be ready when I do see ya wurzels orange wine been brewing it for years Thats the stuff and though would give it a go and see what happens....this is the first try at wine as normally do beer and cider kits but nothing to lose really Juat wish could find a simple step by step guide in one senctence Like do XYZ now add ABC now Edited January 29, 2013 by leeds chimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I have actually but since you are so busy working or fishing/shooting without me then it might be ready when I do see ya Thats the stuff and though would give it a go and see what happens....this is the first try at wine as normally do beer and cider kits but nothing to lose really Juat wish could find a simple step by step guide in one senctence Like do XYZ now add ABC now Now tell the truth chimp , you was offered a days shooting with me last week but had to stay indoors and obey orders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted January 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Now tell the truth chimp , you was offered a days shooting with me last week but had to stay indoors and obey orders more had to pick the little one up from nursery :mad: but what have you been doing today or yesterday....""" :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I have now been up since 7am monday morning ! but will be hitting the sack in the next few mins and dont think I will take much rocking tonight ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Im going out friday to buy a load of new homebrew kit. forgot how much fun it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holly Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 buy Glycerine from boots the chemist not a homebrew shop its kept in the cough medicine section and its pence not brew shop pounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted January 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 buy Glycerine from boots the chemist not a homebrew shop its kept in the cough medicine section and its pence not brew shop pounds got it from Sainsburys when I picked up the juice...paid 70p I think for 40ml? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holly Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 got it from Sainsburys when I picked up the juice...paid 70p I think for 40ml? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shootist Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I've made WOW a few times. It's surprisingly good for such a simple wine made from cartoned juice. Ready to drink in weeks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shootist Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) got it from Sainsburys when I picked up the juice...paid 70p I think for 40ml? 200 ml bottle of glycerin from a chemist was about a quid ! Edited January 30, 2013 by The Shootist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted February 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 update... Racked the wine off today into a clean demijohn with a crushed camden tablet in the bottom..added potas sob and fining...put it somewhere clear to clear now... come out at 11.93% so not too bad at all and had the taste as seems ok already See how it gets on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Bottled today and very nice Left 2 demijohn as still not cleared yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IXI KARL IXI Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 I made some of this a while back and used the welches grape and peach juice it was really nice, canny for something so simple to make Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Muddy Funker Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Nice stuff! Another one I like doing is quite simply 4 cartons of apple/elderflower juice in a demijon and bang in some wine yeast, your never gonna win any awards with it but if left long enough it ends up pretty good and clear after a few racks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted March 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Nice stuff! Another one I like doing is quite simply 4 cartons of apple/elderflower juice in a demijon and bang in some wine yeast, your never gonna win any awards with it but if left long enough it ends up pretty good and clear after a few racks http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/good.gif I use kwik clear in them Does the job in 3/4 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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