It’s actually 100% pineapple! Not a cocktail or mostly apple plus of pineapple mix or juice-like drink. 25g of sugar should be good enough. And we’ll try the 71B yeast (1/4 tbsp @ 98F) for this one. One of these … Continued
Experiment with sugar. Allen’s apple juice has 27g per 250ml so let’s add some more. 1/4 cup sugar is 102g so that’s an extra 12.75g per 250ml. That’s 39.75g per 250ml. Using the rest of the bag of the EC-1118 … Continued
Here’s our starting products: Kirkland brand Organic Lemonade. Looks like a decent candidate at 33g of sugar. But how will the acidity affect things? We’re also going to do a little A/B testing with two different kinds of yeast : … Continued
President’s Choice 100% Juice Blend Cranberry that is. Apples and Cranberrys. 26g of sugar is about the same as the apple juice. Quite tart to taste so we’ll see how that goes. Interesting that the specific gravity reading is closer … Continued
Next up is Welch’s 100% Grape Juice. Tons of sugar so I’m waiting to see how the yeast will do with that. Hydrometer says 1.057 or 1.058 specific gravity (top of the miniscus), the same as the apple juice. Another … Continued
First experiment fermenting juice. This is a hopefully delicious extension of my kraut and peppers ferments. Starting list, most of which came from my local homebrew store: