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  • Tropical White

    I found this one on homewinemaking.co.uk. I used a different yeast, and added sugar to an SG of 1.080 rather than adding a fixed weight, but otherwise I followed the original recipe:

    1 litre carton Tropicana Tropical (fresh).
    1 litre carton Tesco’s pure pressed white grape juice
    approx. 800g sugar (starting SG 1.080)
    1 tsp nutrient
    Wine yeast
    ½ tsp tannin
    1 tsp Pectic Enzyme
    1 tsp glycerine
    Water to 1 gallon

    Make as-per a Wine No.1 (i.e. it can be made in a DJ with no racking at approx. 1.010).

    I used Lalvin D47 yeast.

    Don't be tempted to use the long-life version of the Tropicana juice. Apparently the results aren't nearly as good.

    I tried the first bottle three months after pitching the yeast, and it's a cracking table wine. If I was to change anything, I might add a touch of citric acid (but this can be done after fermentation anyway).

    Full credit (and thanks) to Richard G at homewinemaking for this recipe.
    Pete the Instructor

    It looks like Phil Donahue throwing up into a tuba
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