Thread: I made wine

So following someones recipe/advice on here (thanks whoever) and a bit of googling I decided to give it a shot. I did two bottles. Half a litre of apple juice (from concentrate, sans preservative) a cup of sugar, a teaspoon of dry yeast activated in some tepid water, and topped it up with water. I thoroughly dissolved the sugar in the juice before putting it in the bottle. I used glad wrap, applied loosely to allow for gas expansion held on with a rubber band.



Initially I put corks in but one blew out with force within a couple of hours.

They sat in the back of a cupboard for a month and when I retrieved them one was clear and bright the other cloudy.
The clear one was delicious, kind of a sparkly sensation to drink and quite alcoholic.
The cloudy one was awful. I threw it out. I don't think the yeast worked.
One thing I noticed is that the yeast doesn't seem to bloom if you use a metal bowl, that's been my experience anyway. I thought I'd bought faulty yeast at first but as soon as I switched to crockery it worked.
The picture here is of two that I put down on the 28th of last month.
On the 4th of last month I decided to have another go.




5 litres,

This weekend I thought I'd give the red a shot so a packet of yeast, 1 kilo of sugar, 4 litres of grape juice (from concentrate, sans preservative) and a couiple of litres of spring water.
Lets see how this goes. (8 litres)

The plastic bag on top had no air in it to begin. It filled up in about 6 hours. I can't really see what's going on in their but their seems to be some sort of community.



I don't know what's going on with the pic. It's the same as all the others on my phone and comp.
Just turn your monitor on its side.
Mod, help?