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Stepping it up a notch. 3x 2L bites of Rougement Mellow Doux. Just under 1 tsp of 71B yeast (started early with a bit of brown sugar). And 1 1/2 cups of brown sugar. And a handful of raisins (apparently … Continued

2L Rougement Royal Gala and Rougement Honey Crisp. Measures at on the old hydrometer. 1/4 tsp of the EC-1118. Wed October 16 Update Not ready… Fri Oct 18 Update Now at . Leave it in!

We’re going to try peppermint and Bengal Spice. The idea is simple: brewed tea + sugar + yeast + time =? Looks like about 100ml of sugar Interesting the Sp.gr. reading. 170g of sugar and the hydrometer reads , much … Continued

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