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Those seem reasonable to me, may be a little too much sugar with that amount of juice. Depends on the ABV you are aiming for and the yeast you are using. Tip on the RGJ, have a look at the sugar content. You will find that Sainsbury claim it is 12.5g/100ml while Asda is 17.5 which is a big...

If there is preservative in the DJ then it is probably stopping the yeast multiplying rather than killing it. So basically your yeast population is dyeing out, you can keep topping the numbers up. What I did was to make a starter solution about 250 ml and once it was going well I dropped about...

:D nope, juice at room temp which is 18 C just now. Good to know I am not going mad or have lost my math skills! I guess I will take the SG of all juice from now on and not believe the label!

Can anyone help with my SG calculations. I have a carton of Red Grape Juice. It states 12.5g sugar per 100ml I calculate that this should have an SG of 1.0475 When I take a reading my hydrometer reads 1.062 which would imply 15.92g sugar per 100ml. I don't seem to be allowed to attach images...

I used 1 carton of GJ & 1 of OJ, making the rest up with water, which are the proportions Chippy_Tea mentions. See my post just before yours. It tasted thin and bland, hence my question about does it get better - still hoping for an answer to that. As CT says make sure it is 100% juice. I...

You said it right, I mucked up the quoting thingy

I will watch it to see if it stops and then try a restart. Does anyone know how you test levels of preservative? Ribena has Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Bisulphite I am not sure if the Sodium Bisulphite is a problem; it is used to prevent oxidation and preserve flavor and related to Sodium...

Hi Guys, I decided to give these a go and tried a Ribena and a Strawberry. I worked out that 1 litre of each contains about 525g sugar. 1 litre Ribena[/*:m:2vo0t27f] 680g Sugar.[/*:m:2vo0t27f] 1/2 a mug of strong black tea.[/*:m:2vo0t27f] 1 tsp Yeast (youngs super yeast)[/*:m:2vo0t27f] 1 tsp...

I wonder if you can help. I have just made 2 * 1 Gallon Batches of WOW. Here are my ingredients. 1 litre Orange juice 100% from concentrate[/*:m:3mk86z0a] 1 litre White Grape Juice (WGJ) Batch 1 and 1 litre Red Grape Juice (RGJ) Batch 2. 100% C, [/*:m:3mk86z0a] 750g Sugar.[/*:m:3mk86z0a] 1/2...

I wonder if you can help. I have just made 2 * 1 Gallon Batches of WOW. Here are my ingredients. 1 litre Orange juice 100% from concentrate[/*:m:3mk86z0a] 1 litre White Grape Juice (WGJ) Batch 1 and 1 litre Red Grape Juice (RGJ) Batch 2. 100% C, [/*:m:3mk86z0a] 750g Sugar.[/*:m:3mk86z0a] 1/2...