Easy Homemade Wine from Store Bought Juice

How to Make your own Wine from Store Bought Grape Juice at Home using Bread Yeast! Yes, you can make wine at home with bread yeast. Can you use other yeasts? Sure, but they won't work the same in this exact recipe! It's science.
No, this is not "inmate wine" or "prison wine" or Pruno or anything close to that. This is just a basic red wine that anyone can brew at home. Before you start thinking this is any less "real wine" than others... what is wine made from? Grape juice, skins, yeast, water and sometimes added sugar. Take the skins out, it's white wine. Sure, ours will be red because the juice makers add dye (even though it's not in the ingredients!), but in the end, it's the same process as the big time wineries. Concord Grape isn't the most commonly used varietal for wine, but there are some that use it, and this wine tastes a lot like those brands, Manischewitz comes to mind. The flavors are fruity, sweet and light. A friend described it as "Grape juice with alcohol", and she loves it.
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Using Aldi grape juice and bread yeast with some plain white sugar, watch Brian show you how to make the wine his friends call, "the best wine I've ever had". No kidding.
It comes out sweet, not dry, and it's ready to drink in just a couple of weeks! You gotta try this one.
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This recipe makes a gallon of sweet red wine.
1 gallon of grape juice with no preservatives (we use Aldi's juice)
2 1/2 cups of plain white sugar
1 teaspoon of yeast
2 weeks
Yeah, I know, we made a 20 minute video explaining how to add sugar and yeast to grape juice. It's more entertaining our way.
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[@cigarsandlures9843]

Just bottled my first white wine, using this recipe. After racking, I let it set for about a week and a half and it cleared up beautifully. The taste was awesome, clarity was beautiful and it finished at 13.13%. I'm now hooked. I have a simple mead that has been fermenting for about 4 weeks. Can't wait to see how it turns out. Thanks for the great videos and simple recipes!

[@ld5984]

Hello. What brand of grape juice did you use?

[@randpmagnuson6711]

Is it low sugar wine?

[@GogiRegion]

@@randpmagnuson6711 If you want a low sugar wine, use a little bit less sugar or a higher alcohol tolerance yeast to make sure it ferments dry. The recipe in this video creates a very sweet desert wine type thing.

[@dingdong6005]

Does it give you buzz ?

[@tudley1059]

First time wine attemp, using welches grape juice. Og 1.100 and after 15 days at 65-70* we thought it quit working and racked into another gal bottle. Hydrometer 1.060. Thought it done but started working again. Will alcohol % increase or will it stay at 1.060?

[@Boyhood3]

You guys look like the couple that didn’t talk to other people but eachother I love it

[@jeffreyperdue1606]

I love how much you all have changed from this video to today (11-27-22). Just went to store to get the stuff for this and the black cherry cider from today's video. Keep doing what you do guys, we love it!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

We're always learning and trying to improve!

[@rvaughan74]

When I brewed from Grape Juice I made my own airlocks. My setup was fermenting in 2-liter pop bottles from store brand pop, which also made sports water bottles with tops with compatible threads. Anyway, the locks were those sports tops with plastic tubing glued in placed onto the pop bottles and the other end went into the water bottles. Simple but it worked.

[@dos7648]

Drank all 4 bottles of this over a 3 day period this weekend turned out pretty good. The wine finished at around 11.29%. I drank like a bottle and a half last night and smoked a few blunts with it, I was truly floating. Made another batch Thursday when I bottled using a wine yeast but about to make some more tonight and going back to the bread yeast in the fear my other batch is going to end up being to dry. Thanks again for sharing your know how.

[@southernmimi]

I made this recently, and shared a glass with my daughter in law. She immediately said it would make a great Christmas gift. Lol

[@shikiaura]

"My wine glass is empty," is a problem that nobody should suffer with this channel in their subscription box. Yet another way to solve the problem

[@CitySteadingBrews]

My thinking exactly.

[@palipali4264]

it's so tragic to hear.... I'm sobbing uncontrollably at her admission. so sad. How can her husband leave her in such acetate! lol

[@keepdancingmaria]

If you only have 1 funnel, you can add the sugar first, then go ahead and add half the juice. The juice washes out any residue sugar out of your funnel.

[@hermanhermit3616]

You guys are really fun - I have been brewing “ stuff” for 40 years and I still love to see others who are obsessed with this science

[@سلامالواوي-ص7م]

Why can't I ferment juice with the preservative E202? ☹️ I brewed this 3 days ago. Should I get rid of it?

[@hollyortiz-fm6xv]

Tonight I decided to combine this recipe with wine tannin, and yeast nutrient. I did it in a 6.5 gallon bucket and ended up adding WAAAYYYYY too much sugar. But thanks to the knowledge I've learned (mostly from this channel) I was able to sanitize a 3 gallon fermenter quickly and add water. My OG went from a ridiculous 1.146 to 1.112. Thank you both so much!

[@deardarary]

I'm going to start making wine tonight as a project for my biotechnology class, wish me luck!!!

[@dororomifasol6424]

GOOD LUCK ෆ╹ .̮ ╹ෆ

[@ilKhan-Ghost-of-Clan-Mongoose]

Heck yea Dara.... Let us know how that plays out in Bio Class.... a great topic to work with

[@GlenfinnanForge]

I just gotta say, I really enjoy your videos about brewing. People get so pedantic about all things brewing, and it is so refreshing to see brewing based on the KISS principle. Thank you!

[@SaltyBeach1038]

Made the simple apple cider yesterday and made this one a few minutes ago. Gonna go off my rocker waiting two weeks 😂

[@royfamilyhomestead3196]

Hey guys, we had a conversation about a month ago and I asked if I could use the lalvin 71b instead of bread yeast. Well, I followed the recipe with the exception of the 71b. My original gravity was higher than yours 1.122 and the finished gravity was 1.030 making my abv 12.075. It ended being a semisweet delicious tasting wine. It’s exactly what we wanted. The taste test was done when racking and the wine is a bit cloudy and I hope it’ll clear with a little time. If not....... we’re drinking it anyway. Thank you guys so much for your videos. 🍷

[@royfamilyhomestead3196]

Ok that batch went really quick.

[@0520cj]

"Bread red wineeeee goes to my head..."

[@CitySteadingBrews]

LOL... I had that song in my head the whole time we filmed this.

[@DakotaMartinez32]

Made this with lalvin 71b and it turned out great!. Been drinking it for the past month while most of it sits in secondary and enjoying the change in taste as it ages. Cheers, and thanks!

[@sstills951]

20 years ago when I was in high school I tried this in a smaller scale. A 2 liter bottle. I used aquarium tubing from a cork and into another bottle filled with water to allow gas release. My mother finds it and was very angry about it, thinking it was 'pot paraphernalia'. I never was a weed smoker but I remember trying to calm her down saying it was to ferment grape juice- like that was any better at 17 years old.

[@michaelgeldenhuys8267]

Legend

[@markgiorgio1679]

I made this in a gallon fermentor, with Natures Promise grape juice. sanitized everything with starsan I used a half packet of Ciderhouse yeast that I had left over from my last strawberry apple cider brew. I added 1and 1/2 LBs of sugar, then fermented it for 14 days, (the bubbles stopped around then). I racked it into a gallon pitcher, to degase it, using your alternating stirring method, upon tasting I realized it was pretty dry, I added another 8 ounces of sugar, stirred it good, racked into another gallon fermentor, let it sit for four more days and then cold crashed it. We drank most of it today, two glasses got you snookered. it taste absolutely amazing, “The way you think wine should taste when you’re a kid”. Next time I may only use four ounces of sugar to back sweeten for those who don’t like it so sweet, assuming it tastes the same. But my wife is extremely picky and likes sweeter wine, she absolutely loved it. My next tool to purchase for the process is a hydrometer. Thanks for your videos, it’s a great hobby in these times, when you got time to watch your bubbler, you know, bubble.

[@Grandpa_RLP]

My wife for a while did a lot of jelly making. Out of anything that would set still long enough to go in the pot including dandelions and roses but she also LOVED to hear the lids pop. LOL

[@terrycuyler5659]

I've used things like apple butter and strawberry jam to make wine I, I wonder could wine be used to make jams and jellys .

[@sstills951]

@@terrycuyler5659 Wine jam? That sounds like it would go well with a nice cheese. Like wensleydale.

[@azunthewise4914]

I've got a beginner wine kit coming in from Amazon. I think I'm gonna try this recipe to make gifts for my dnd group. We had a vampire wine maker mystery recently that the entire party loved.

[@baghdaddy202003]

I have made several gallons of this wine using your method and absolutely love it. I like to make it so that im not tempted to drink from my wines made with wine yeast. 3 weeks ago I found a juice made by Welchs. It is a sangria juice. It has nothing other than juice in it. It is probably my new favorite!! I would highly suggest giving it a try if you can get some. I got mine at Target. Thanks for your awesome videos!

[@baghdaddy202003]

Also, my current batch just came out at 13.8% I had an OG of 1.102 and after it got to 1.050 I added 23 points of sugar and the FG was 1.020. It is clearing currently.

[@RicardoSanchez-es5wl]

Robert Aarstad sounds wonderful

[@robleeaaccount3663]

I enjoy watching and learning from your videos, you two are very special midwestern people. I am retired and living in Tucson, AZ but was born and raised in Michigan. So I know about the cold and how we made food and beverages to last us through the winter months. I enjoyed your story about your Grandfather' chair and his cabin with the fireplace. Thank You very much for the memories.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I have never lived in the midwest....

[@merlyberdproductions883]

I know what I'm doing during quarantine

[@pseudopathicus2524]

I used to do it with special wine yeast which promises 15%... I ran out and had to use yeast.. so I ended up with bread yeast.. for some reason it is way faster in fermentation and all the sugar was consumed the wine was so dry and strong😍😍😍

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Bread yeast and wine yeast are really the same thing, just different breeding.

[@nathanielsizemore8594]

I love "Doing It Cheap" and Paw Paw. I made several gallons using his method last year and they all turned out great. That got KZbin to recommend one of your videos, and the rest is history. I'm trying my first 5-gallon batch this year with frozen blueberries from last year. Pitching the yeast today (7/15/2019).

[@isaackidd2721]

I made some wine here a couple months ago with the exact some ingredients but instead of grapes I used persimmon berries and it turned out a lot better than I thought

[@dreissenstock8513]

The color it makes when you oxygenate it is amazing.

[@tweezy5923]

I'm waiting on my 2nd batch of dipa to fi wish bottle conditioning but until then I'm gonna try this tomorrow when I get up 😁 the joy of fermenting! Keep up the great video

[@pooh_tlucket]

It’s good for quarantine day

[@DDios-ih9de]

Day? Months !

[@DDios-ih9de]

Year!

[@user.A9]

We're in for life.

[@ashengrey7530]

my mom gave me a recipe thats similar that her and my grandma makes, i just tried my second batch with a different juice, two quarts apple and one grape vs two grape and one cranberry, i like mine sweeter. this batch turned out so good for me! i use a balloon but thats more of tradition at this point

[@Heamous1]

You guys are definitely encouraging me to start making ciders and wines. Thank you.

[@U812GREEN]

Grape juice wine was my first fermentation. It's delicious mixed 50/50 with Sprite, 7up, slice. Very refreshing on a hot summer day, night or early morning

[@vandewap]

Love the simplicity of this recipe. Started one today!

[@SewerRat_00]

Just here because of poor

[@handsomedevil7072]

I've started this hobby little over a year ago because of absurd rate of taxes. Alcoholic drinks have almost 70 percent tax here.

[@Arqanault]

Absolutely love your channel. I just started brewing mead and I've found your videos extremely helpful and informative. Makes me wish I still lived in FL. Lived like an hour away from you guys in Lakeland. Keep it up!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thanks and... damn, where did you move to?

[@mrmadmaxalot]

This wine came out so much better than I expected. Me and my cute neighbor friend knocked out two bottles of it on Valentine's Day and she kept commenting "Wow, this is so good!" So yeah, this is a winner. Started the next batch today.

[@briantunzi2462]

THANKS A BUNCH 4 YOUR INFO , CAN'T HURT TO LEARN MANY WAYS TO DO THIS !

[@thelordofgifts5343]

This is the coziest channel

[@paulsweet2469]

I like how the bookshelf casually transitions from alcohol to books

[@artsalazar3462]

Hi guy's my name is Arthur Salazar. I've made my first 5 gallons of apple wine. Last year. It came out great.👍 Just want to say thank you Just.

[@oswaldlucas357]

Just love the way you speak! It is sooooo charming... the little jokes... too good:) God Bless. And yes this vine comes out great. Thanks a bunch

[@DebOfAvondale]

I just moved from CA to PA to a big house with a 2600 sqft garden... with all of the fruit trees, blackberries and blueberries I wanted to learn to make wine. I thought I would start with grape juice and that's how I found your channel. You have a new fan in me! I will be stalking your videos so I can learn to do some amazing things with what my garden produces. Interested in watching my trials and errors?? I'm documenting it all on my channel! :) Thank you guys again. If I vlog about this I will mention you for sure!

[@duckyschulz3789]

I continue to love the videos. You guys are fun and informative.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thanks!

[@renatedundysmarrello3369]

I am loving your channel. it is now the only brewing channel I watch. You give me everything I need to know with the KISS method!!! So far 2 batches of mead are being enjoyed in our household; and the first of the grape juice wine is almost all gone! I have 5 brews on the go right now from mead to cyser, to hard cider, to that mohito kilju, and now another batch of grape juice wine! you guys are the best! I am enjoying being inspired by your creations! Renate

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Glad to help!

[@Jacklynn_huckleberry]

I really wanted to get that bottle but nothing ships to Alaska I'm still determined to look for one because my last one got broken by someone, with this pandemic I think brewing might be a new hobby since I live in a small town with no liquor store and we're on lockdown

[@pjad20]

I might be a little late (where I am, the lockdown is still going and I'm still brewing) but you can use the plastic bottle that the juice comes in to brew in. Or any plastic bottle/jar that is food safe. Food safe ones don't allow oxygen to get in and hence are safe to brew. Yes, glass is ideal but good safe plastic bottles work really well. (Best ones are bigger soda/coka cola bottles or water gallons). Plus you don't have to sterilize when you brew in the juice bottles because inside it already is a sterile environmental.

[@Redrickson1]

The sealing lid fascination falls into the same catefory as bubble wrap popping for guys. Lol. Thank you for all the information in your videos!

[@briannugent4042]

I started my first Bach this morning ...we will see how it turns out in 2 weeks

[@helgijonsson3537]

Might I suggest Toccata and Fugue in D minor?

[@austinwade7363]

How did yours turn out mine turned out terrible

[@SuperFartyman]

@@austinwade7363 make sure your juice doesn't have potassium sorbate, this kills the yeast.

[@shadcrow522]

Amazing thank you Brian and Derika. I have experimented twice with your teaching of oxygenating the wine must, I did not realise that you had to do such a thing. I first put a kilo of sugar in the DJ, I added water and shook it, I added red grape concentrate and more water and shook it again, I did the same as I added the lemon juice, tea tannin, oak shavings and lastly when I pitched the yeast and added water with each addition. The result in both experiments is amazing, you can hear it hissing and it is constantly bubbling because the yeast is so active, its really amazing, thank you both.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

You are welcone!

[@Aleph-Noll]

since you brought it up can you teach us how to make good vinegar? like mead vinegar and fruit juice vinegar!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

+Aleph Null We can do that. Not right away but I will add it to the ever growing list!

[@stephensteele3553]

But a vinegar mother (SCOBY) and do everything here, but then oxygenate once again and throw in the mother. Make sure to save your mother once done.

[@MrMG43]

@@nekomancer9157 Not all vinegar is distilled, only distilled vinegar (white vinegar mainly)

[@blayasblay3941]

@@stephensteele3553 Whoa is vinegar mother a scoby ? So i can grow it and make combucha ?

[@awjnck204]

You guys are chill af. I feel like you guys have a stoner personality. lol

[@CitySteadingBrews]

We’re just naturally like this actually :)

[@shellzzz23]

I'm totally gonna try this sometime. Thanks for posting in time for the holidays! (I'm surprised your channel isn't much bigger than it is)

[@krisredwood]

shellzzz23 gives us all a chance to have a dialogue though. So a win for us right now eh?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

No matter how big, we will still respond to comments. That's why our channel grew as it has. As for why we're not bigger? Dunno, but I do know we posted our first video on March 2, 2018, so we're only 7 months old!

[@shellzzz23]

Wow that's impressive! Keep up the good work :-)

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

I've always dissolved the sugar in some of the juice on low heat for 5 minutes after dissolved. One of my wine books stated it converts the sugar so the yeast can began to feed immediately and thereby reduces the "lag time".

[@CitySteadingBrews]

That's a bit of a myth. It doesn't actually make it easier to ferment.

[@sues6847]

ok, I started out watching dandelion recipes and somehow ended up on your channel....so happy that happened because you two are so down to earth and entertaining. Plus I appreciate all the questions you answered before I needed to ask them. You two are awesome!

[@Lecon60]

My wines used to come out tasting like perfume. Everyone loved it, but now I end some sugar at the end. Much better. I use the same yeast. Been doing ot for 30 years. 21 grapefuits make a half gallon and comes out great with a bit of sugar

[@pazsincethe80s54]

Ive been wanting to do this... i like sweet wines too i was drinking jucie and i was thinking how can i turnnthis into wine

[@pacificexcursion5846]

It looks like you figured it out based on that sentence 😂

[@craigbloem9713]

Go accomplish your dreams damn it!!!

[@danielmiles6858]

You guys are awesome!!! Very informative on all the sciency stuff. Alot of people make it way to Complicated. Putting 30 different chemicals in their wine. Simple and to the point. Thank you. I'm actually making apple wine tomorrow,using your video.

[@elatvis]

I died at, 19:40 I literally have a champagne yeast grape wine in my closet with a condom airlock. I feel like I personally insulted you now 🤣

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Totally. :P

[@redlion3d]

Tripped over your channel looking for wine making videos. MOSTEST EXCELLENT knowledge!!!

[@connissia]

Manischewitz is my kind of wine! We have a local brewery Stone Mountain Wine Cellars that makes a phenomenal sweet wine called Orchard blush. Might have to take a crack at making some of our own sweet wine.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I'm not a huge wine drinker in the traditional sense, but I like this one.

[@Leakintent]

When I was a kid back in the 50's, there was a toy that was a clicker. It even made it into the movie, "The Longest day". If Brian has ever played with a clicker, that would explain the joy of clicking the tops.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I hate to say this, but my Mother was born in 1953, so....

[@daviddowling3583]

It's like I'm watching Big Bang Theory for Mixology 101

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I'm seeing this as a good thing!

[@johnnyfudpucker6187]

I use the same jugs you all use, I put a couple inches of juice in the bottle and then add sugar then add the rest of juice and shake once. Then I set juice on porch for an hour in 90 degree heat I shake it once again and the sugar is usually all gone from the bottom, I wait 15 mins to check for solid sugar on bottom if none I pitch yeast. Great Vid Thanks

[@CynM.]

I can't wait to start making mead and wine. Thanks guys.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Our pleasure!

[@Just_The_Average_Dude]

I just bottled 2 gallons worth of this today! Very good. I de-gassed it briefly in the bottling bucket because it was really fizzy.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Yep, that's gasses produced from fermentation. I usually degas before bottling.

[@amirasuali62]

Great video, you gave lots of info. Lots

[@garymay5805]

Was watching this video for the umpteenth time and noticed that you said two and half cups of sugar, then shortly after you start saying two and half pounds of sugar. Which is it, 2.5 cups or 2.5 pounds. I just made a one gallon batch and I ended using 2.5 pounds of sugar! Love the videos by the way, very informative!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Two and a half cups. Two and a half lbs would be nigh impossible to ferment with the juice.

[@kevinboettler7342]

This was the first video I ever watched of yalls sence then I have watched almost every video yall have this is definitely one of my fa favorites

[@rajeshoa71]

Beautiful couple Great red wine preparation ❤️👍❤️😀😋😋😋

[@theherblin]

I made this like a week ago and got drunk af this thanksgiving and my family won't talk to me anymore plz advise!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Well, we're not a psychology/ alcoholism / family trouble channel but I'll give it a shot. Try drinking less at family get togethers and maybe apologize?

[@ronmexico5596]

Herblin sounds like the wine did you a favor!

[@kh73068]

My first two children were bottled a couple days ago, time actually got away from me and they were in the gallon jugs for five months, but the red wine has been sampled already and is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING and the simple mead is going to be part of the NYE celebration. Thank you for making this process so easily understandable and I while I still have about three 750ml bottles of Red and Mead, I am looking forward to making this again and also trying some new recipes. I can't share my photos here but I have a "Baby Photo" :D to share eventually

[@CitySteadingBrews]

That's illegal where I live.... how long do you age bottle children though... asking for a friend.

[@kh73068]

@@CitySteadingBrews I thought it was 18yrs... 🤣

[@xanipator9682]

I like the fact that you seem to keep these videos - for lack of better term - unscripted. It's more natural that way. More accessible.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Yep, we do not script. I like the audience to be just as surprised by what comes out of my mouth as I am.

[@jamesfreach1022]

I've been brewing beer , wine and mead since 2000 I also fermented real maple syrup which comes out very good 👍 👌 😋

[@Tsoiugidali]

You two are awesome. I started a new batch just yesterday. Thinking of some Christmas wine cheer with the whole family.

[@duanejones1796]

Appreciate you guys and your tutorials

[@duanejones1796]

At the same time you have created a monster. I have like 7 batches going right now. Today's batch was 64 oz of Welchs grape. 270 g of sugar One cup of black tea 1 tsp red star premier classique 1/4 tsp yeast nutrient 1.111 start

[@DemonMage]

Q: why is a two pack of airlocks $5, while a four pack is $17 and a six pack $22? That is some crazy scaling on pricing. Usually it goes down when you buy more... right? I could buy four 2 packs and save $2. Very odd.

[@saxonsoldier67]

Why does a round pizza come in a square box? Sometimes, things don't make sense or cents. Alternative answer: must be a government run operation.

[@Araak69]

@@saxonsoldier67 a square box is easier to cut out and fold, plus you can put the peeper and little tubs of garlic butter in the corners. I can't answer the air lock question.

[@saxonsoldier67]

Stand with me and useless causes to get the round boxes for round pizzas. #respect round

[@steveskouson9620]

My local HB store has the 3 piece, for $1.50 and the S shaped ones for $1.29. steve

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Good question, I'll check into that.

[@PacesIII]

Currently making Thomcord grape wine. 6 pounds cooked down by half, 6 pounds natural and crushed, both with skins for tannins, 2 cups sugar, and filled using not from concentrate concord grape juice. 1/2 packet EC 1118, and 2 gallon batch started at 1.104. Can't wait.

[@ailuroarmory89]

It's only a problem when she runs out

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Funny thing is, we still have like 2 gallons of the stuff.

[@ailuroarmory89]

At least you have someone to drink it with

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Trust me, with this stuff, finding people to drink it is not a problem :)

[@ailuroarmory89]

I can believe it

[@redbeardthepink4809]

*watches the champagne yeast test video* "Well...this aged well."

[@TimStCroix]

You don't really need a separate dry funnel for sugar. Hold some of the juice back, pour the sugar into the funnel, bang it to get as much sugar into the jug as you can, then use the rest of the juice to rinse the stuck sugar into the jug.

[@alloutofbubblegum8165]

I remember seeing a really old (1930's) grocery store add for frozen grape juice and bread yeast. It was marketed buy one and get the other for free or something like that.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Yup, during prohibition, marketers told people how to make wine at home!

[@steveskouson9620]

I recently (3 days ago) tried a pineapple cider, or, possibly, wine. I have access to 46 ounce containers of pineapple juice. (Just like Capri Sun containers, but 46 ounce.) I got 8 of them, put 4 of them in a 5 gallon carboy, pitched the CHEAPEST ale yeast the local store had, Muntons Ale, at $1.29 Put the cap back on it, shook the snot out of it, and put in 4 more cartons of juice. Also added about 3 pounds of white and brown sugar. Next day, (10 hours later) had a 4 inch Kreusen. The next day, activity was slowing down, so I added 3 more containers. Got up this morning, and looked at the (non responsive) airlock. Added 24 ounces of Maple Syrup, and 30 minutes later, a one inch Kreusen. Cheap yeast, cheap juice, and my kitchen smells wonderful. I may backsweeten with Maple Syrup, Campden tabs, and force carbonate. It's GREAT to have a Kegerator! steve

[@CitySteadingBrews]

So you used 6 pounds of sugar total for a 5 gallon batch? That might go totally dry rather than end up sweet. Campden tabs won't stop a fermentation. Also, pineapple and maple syrup sounds amazing.

[@steveskouson9620]

Sorry, about 3 pounds total, of sugar. I'm going to get K-sorb. (Potassium Sorbate.) I've already got 24 ounces of Maple, I think I'll backsweeten with more, until it tastes right. Before you say it, I KNOW I need to get a hydrometer. (Funny, when I was working at the brewery in Hawaii, I could predict SG just by tasting the wort. I was within. ,05 almost all the time.) steve

[@steveskouson9620]

OK, poured the fruit and 5 pounds of honey, into the same fermenter, on the "lees." Took about 20 minutes to start. Another 20 minutes, I'm worried I may need a blow-off tube. About 3 pounds of Blackberries, blue berry jam, and another 3 pounds of strawberries, cooked down. The last batch went into a sanitized Pin Lock Cornie. Except THIS Cornie was made by Firestone. Same guys that built the tires on my mother's Pinto. She survived WELL after the car was gone! An hour later, I've got a 4 inch Kreusen cap. Can't wait to see how this turns out. My roommate wanted to try Pineapple vinegar out of the last batch, but I K-sorbed it, plus a few (6) Campden tabs. "Cain't" wait to try this. May throw a couple quarts of Maple Syrup in. (Found a 5 gallon "bottle" of Maple Syrup for $40.) steve

[@jamesvatter5729]

Never watched this video before. My how things have changed!

[@leokelley6356]

I make it in the juice container take out 2 cups of juice add 1 1/2 cups of sugar 3/4 teaspoon of bread yeast when done runs about 14 to 16% alcohol its so good

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Yeah, you can do that... Paw Paw does. That amount of sugar will go to 14% max, so... yeah, if it's sweet, it's not quite that high ABV.

[@leokelley6356]

@@CitySteadingBrews yeah its his recipe I use but ive been wondering I really like banana everything but I haven't seen a way to make a banana wine any ideas?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

@@leokelley6356 I'm testing banana wines actually so there might be a video soonish.

[@leokelley6356]

@@CitySteadingBrews that would be awesome id be down to watch it I can never get enough banana flavor I thought bout making an alcohol wash and add banana flavor extract to hopefully make like a banana candy flavored wine but Idk lol

[@labest1811]

First racking today after two weeks. Tastes great! First reading was 1.098 and today's reading was 1.030 If I calculated right, that turns out to be 8.76 ABV =))) Will bottle in three days THANK YOU!!!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Nice work!

[@duanejones1796]

Got all my supplies in yesterday and have a batch of your sweet wine in the carboy as I type. Starting gravity was 1.110

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Awesome!

[@duanejones1796]

Okay I did figure out what I did wrong on that first batch with the carboy. The stopper for the airlock was way too wet and came loose and was allowing too much air in. It might have still been okay but I went ahead and tossed that and started over making sure the stopper was dry on the sides when I pushed it in and it appears to be working great now. And my first batch in the juice jug is just about ready to rack. Now I've got like four or five different batches going including cranberry.lol

[@kurplop3589]

Another thing that is completely over looked, is stepping tea bags in hot juice, cooling and adding that extra special something. Great videos by the way. 👍

[@CitySteadingBrews]

We do that a lot.

[@masterHigar]

Still waiting for '13% or more possible' method. fan from South Korea. Thank you for every video. you have changed my life!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Still waiting? I'm not really one to make wines and meads just for alcohol level. I want good flavor. If you just want more alcohol, add more sugar and use a higher tolerance yeast or a wine yeast.

[@masterHigar]

@@CitySteadingBrews Thx! have a good day!

[@paulthurston2883]

I love my beer, but I just calculated that I spend around $10,000 per year on booze. I'm going to start making my own and save shed loads. Thanks for the tips.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

That is a LOT of beer!

[@billselensky7711]

Started a grape/cranberry wine today. See how it turns out. I have a couple kits on the go but I wanted something quick. 5 cups sugar. SG is 1.104 with 9 ltrs of juice. See what happens. Thanks for the help guys. I enjoy your videos.

[@nhering]

Thank you very much you two. I just made my first wine and now the waiting game will be tough. LOL I love your videos and I've learned so much from you guys.

[@efloof9314]

Howd it go

[@nhering]

@@efloof9314 The wine was the recipe they showed on one of their episodes with Aldi bought grape juice and it turned out amazing! It took 2 weeks to get to 10% and tastes closed to the wine my grandma used to make. The degassing on the Mead also turned out great and waiting for it to start bubbling again. It has positive pressure so it should be going again soon.

[@efloof9314]

@@nhering i will have to try this sometime then thx

[@gingermongoose100]

Just used a brand of sugar called "Whitworth" - much less foam, and no expansion into the airlock, fermentation is bubbling away nicely, it's very cheap from Iceland/Food Depot - £0.55 per kilo.

[@MichaelAnderson-df2hj]

I just watched your vid from 5yrs ago where you mention PawPaw in it. Funny because he is the one that got me started in wine making. Since then I have grauated to DIY Fermentation utuber to now your channel. What I have recently discovered as personal preference is I prefer my wines intoxicatingly sweet(😂)! I have now used red star cuvee and lalvin ec 1118. Both got higher abv BUT both were drier. Sooooo I have decided since I hate back sweetening (mainly because I am lazy) that I am going to go back to bread yeast. BUT I will continue to watch your channel for new ideas. Options are always good like your Blood wine any far too many others to name. Also my Aldi doesnt have the swing top bottles like yours or currently the wine you preveiwed today. They sell beers and wines just not those yet! 😡

[@Robert-Herman]

I just bottled my "Vin Bon Marché". A little sweet for me, but it will be a nice summer wine. OG 1.118, FG 1.046 ABV% 10.98. Thanks for another great recipe!

[@Rockdude300782]

Well chuffed with end result came out over 14% I’m actually a little tipsy at moment .. as a first time brewer I didn’t believe my hydrometer thought It surely can’t be over 14% so better have a few glasses to check… but yep after sampling it’s definitely over 14%.. taste soooo good.. not normally one for sweet wines but this is great thanks

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

Yes. After fermentation begins the must needs an anaerobic environment rather than the aerobic.

[@rlwalker2]

This was the first wine I made decades ago. I made it because after trying the Kosher grape wines I discovered that I really wanted a wine that was a bit more dry ... in case you wouldn't mind touching on that subject. The goal would be semi-sweet rather than sweet and with flavor.

[@honeybadger6127]

I did this recipe with 1/2 gallon juice and 1.25 cups of sugar and the same yeast.... SG is 1.110 after 14 days.. I had a FG of 1.006... its still pretty sweet tasting to me.. but it's worth repeating!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Wow, your bread yeast got to 13.6% ABV! Guess that dispels the idea that bread yeast can't get past 7 or 8%!

[@honeybadger6127]

I leave it brewing in my office which usually sits at around 78 degrees and not covered either.. that might have been a factor. It still taste quite sweet.. but the hydrometer does not lie and low carbing as made my taste buds more sensitive to sugars too.

[@thefamilyinthewoods]

I just did this with 100% Apple juce and I added 1.984 lb of suger. Estimated abv 16% I exspect 11% to 12% with bread yeast. As I really like sweet hard cider.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Not to be a pedant (to quote the microbiologist above), but... that's apple wine, not cider. It's a legal term sorta thing, and I hate labels like that, but anything over 8% we call wine.... apparently. So go enjoy your sweet high alcoholic cider! :)

[@eadjh98]

Best video I’ve seen on KZbin so far! So I’m subbing! 👍

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Wow, thanks!

[@warmo351]

Thanks Derika and Brian (ladies first)my red wine is three weeks in just not rushing it can’t wait to bottle but i will , 2racking rule , love your channel, keep up the good work