reconstituting juice concentrate

Aug 02, 2007 1 Replies

Hi,



I have some juice concentrate but no instructions.



How should I reconstitute it?



My idea is to sanitize my fermentation vessle, put the concentrate in, then boil some water in a covered pot and let it cool covered, then add the water to the fermentation vessle.



But, I am wondering, if boiling will drive out dissolved oxygen, will that create a problem for the yeast during the primary fermentation? Can I add oxygen without oxidizing the juice?



Should I add bisulfite like with fresh juice?


Thanks


The concentrate probably has sulfites so I wouldn't add any. You add sulfite to stun wild yeast ad let the cultered yeast take over for the most part. Just agitate the water to get some oxygen in it.

I really don't see a reason to boil the water or cover the pot if you do. Wine has higher alcohol and acid than beer so it takes a lot to ruin it.

Joe

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