Recipes Using Store Bought Juices

I thought I would post a couple of my recipes that have used store bought juices. The only thing that you need to look for when buying store bought is that it has no preservatives. The peach recipe uses the Mr. Juicer to make the juice.

Grape Raspberry

December 22, 2002
1 Gallon

Silver Medal Winner 2003

2 11.5 ounces Welch’s Grape Raspberry Juice (frozen)
3 Cups Sugar
2 Teaspoons Acid Blend
1 Teaspoon Yeast Nutrient
1 Campden Tablet
1 Gallon Water
1/8 Teaspoon Grape Tannin
½ Pack Cotes De Blanc & Narbonne Dry Yeast


Original Gravity 1.100

Racked January 12, 2003, Gravity was 1.020, 4 ounces of sugar, 1 campden tablet and potassium sorbate added.

Racked February 1, 2003, Topped off with water

Bottled March 2003 added Hungarian Oak Chips

Peach

August 10, 2002
3 ½ Gallons

¾ Gallon Peach Juice
1 ¾ Gallon Water & Peach Pulp
1.2 Ounces Acid Blend
1 Tablespoon Grape Tannin
33 Drops Pectin Enzyme
1 Gallon Cold Water
3 Campden Tablets
4 Pounds Sugar


Original Gravity 1.090

Final Gravity .992

Final Gravity Sweetened 1.026

Juice peaches with juicer to make peach juice. Use pulp left over from juicing and add to the must.

Used Red Star Cote Des Blanco Yeast

Racked August 16th and 23rd

Bottled October 5, 2002

Syrup mixture to sweeten was 2 sugars to 1 water

Added Hungarian Oak Chips at bottling time

Strawberry Kiwi
December 22, 2002
1 Gallon

2 11.5 Ounce Juicy Juice Strawberry Kiwi
2 Teaspoons Acid Blend
1 Teaspoon Yeast Nutrient
1/8 Teaspoon Grape Tannin
3 Cups Sugar
1 Gallon Water
1 Campden Tablet
½ Packet Cotes Des Blanc Yeast
½ Packet Narbonne Yeast


Original Gravity 1.095

Racked January 12, 2003, Gravity 1.010, added 4 ounces sugar, 1 campden tablet and potassium sorbate

Racked February 1, 2003

This one suprised me. It actually tasted pretty good after aging for about 6 months.