Cranberry Wines (was PET carboys and steeping)
It sounds like the highbrush cranberry wine on Jack Keller's site is
very strong when applied to regular cranberries, particularly to men. I
find that kind of interesting. However, I'm generally a "girly man" so
I should find it perfect.
It was suggested to me to make it a sparkling dessert wine like a
spumante. It sounds like I'll want to sweeten it too. Aren't there
little tablets you can get to introduce CO2? If so, I'd use Splenda to
sweeten it and the tablets to provide reliable carbonation. I imagine
the taste is friendlier if it's bubbling.
I believe I posted a recipe on here for making cranberry wine from a
gallon of Ocean Spray cranberry juice. After about a month and half,
you get a pretty good blush -- a lot of the red settles out. My big
lesson from that is this didn't need much acid blend. In fact, I doubt
it needs any at all. I'll add it here if there's a request.
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