adding juice for flavor?

Sep 28, 2006 1 Replies

Hi all,



I am bottling some grape/crabapple wine (more like cider now of course). It has been stored in a well-sealed plastic bucket for over a year. It tastes ok and has a hell-of-a-kick, but I know its not great cider. I feel it needs a bit of flavor and sweetness, so I am contemplating adding some apple juice to the mix. I wondered what the list members might comment about that idea. Since adding sugar might set off another round of fermentation and make my bottles go boom, perhaps it would be best simply to add a bit of apple juice whenever I open a bottle for consumption.



This is my first time... at least I have something drinkable. And I know it was a mistake to add the crabapples. Newbies!



Thanks much,



Steve Crawford Jyväskylä, Finland



You could add it when you open a bottle, but I add apple juice prior to bottling, so I don't have that extra step (or heaven forbid I'm out of juice when I open the bottle)

Add Potassium sorbate, (I use Sorbistat K) 1/4 teaspoon per gallon when you add the apple juice (to taste) and no new fermentation should occur

- however, watch it for 3 days prior to bottling.

DAve

f> Hi all,

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