Ribena juice wine, NOT from cordial

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Ribena juice wine, NOT from cordial

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I have just started two gallons of Ribena juice wine :thumbright:

these are the ingredients to make one gallon.
1lt-Ribena juice. ( not cordial )
1lt-red grape juice.
1kg- sugar.
1tsp-GP yeast compound.
water.

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Post: # 265615Post narmour »

Did you boil off the preservatives in the Ribena? Without doing that you may find its hard to get the ferment going.

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I used ribena juice it as no preservatives in it,it's not like cordial. :icon_smile:

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Re: Ribena juice wine, NOT from cordial

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WILDBREW wrote:I used ribena juice it as no preservatives in it,it's not like cordial. :icon_smile:
Is that the pre-diluted cordial? or the 6% juice drink? :dontknow:
Curently collecting recipes for The Little Book of Liqueurs..

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Post: # 265705Post WILDBREW »

it comes in 1lt cartons/ribena juice.
I think it's the 6% juice drink,i made 2 gallons and the fermenting was very good and i did not
boil the juice first. :thumbright: :cheers:

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