Berri Dark Grape Juice Wine – Bottled!
177 days agoI just bottled the Berri Dark Grape Juice Wine I made about 3 weeks ago. It turned out pretty clear which is kind of surprising. I had read that using bread yeast to make wine (or beer or any alcoholic beverage) will result in the wine being cloudy because the yeast isn’t that flocculant compared to wine or bee yeast. But that is that the result I got. I got pretty clear wine. Well, maybe they didn’t use the same type of bread yeast like I used. And oh, I tasted a little of the wine. It was pretty harsh – as expected because it has only been 3 weeks. No where as complex as the wines I had drank before. Even the cheapest wines had better aroma and flavour that this. Hahaha, I think it will be a very cheapo style wine in the end. Maybe the Berri Dark Grape Juice isn’t just cut out for making wines? Probably need about 3 months to age before I can taste something decent in this one. And that is what I plan to do – age it in the bottle for 3 months and then have a go at it again. As I said I am not expecting this wine to be like those premium fine wines you get at the gourmet liquor store.
Alcohol content is strong. So who says that bread yeast cannot be used to make wines? My few little sips tells me it contains about 10-11% alcohol. Not too shabby for yeast that is meant to make breads right?
I am sorry, the picture isn’t that good. This has been sitting for about a day, there isn’t much of a sediment to speak of. I had racked this wine twice – first from the primary fermenter then to the glass bottle (secondary fermenter). By then it was already pretty clear. At the end of the third week, only a small layer of yeast can be found at the bottom. And when I bottled it, most of the yeast remained at the bottom of the glass bottle.
The next will be the Welch’s Grape Juice Wine. Currently, it is sitting in the glass bottle. I think maybe I will let it sit for about a month before bottling. But all the fermentation should be completed. I don’t even see a single bubble in the glass bottle. I think I add a little more sugar into this Welch’s Grape Juice Wine, so it should be a little stronger than the Berri Dark Grape Juice Wine. The next time, I will keep track of how much sugar I add, instead of estimation.
