2006-11-12 06:30:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
You can make Jailhouse Hooch outta any fruit juice. It isnt that good, well it is, but it aint.
2006-11-12 06:40:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes you can, though it's not going to taste like a commercial bottle of wine. The trick to making at least taste OK is to not use bread yeast. You MUST use a wine yeast. Bread yeast doesn't drop out of the wine when it's done fermenting (doesn't flocculate) so your finished result will taste yeasty. You want to get a wine yeast from a home brewing store. A champagne yeast will give a dry finish, other wine yeasts will be less dry and leave more of the fruity flavors.
Because it's not from wine grapes, grape juice from the grocery story won't taste anything like any other wine...it's going to taste...well..."Welchy" if anything. Like grape juice, but not...if that makes any sense.
2006-11-12 10:54:50 · answer #2 · answered by Trid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try to make wine from the grape juice at the supermarket but it won't be very good. You would end up with a very poor quality wine (it's just fermented grape juice) if anything at all. Store-bought grape juice will not have the right content or mixture of the grape-skin yeast necessary to make wine. Just buy wine. If you're underaged, wait a while. Once you're old enough to buy wine, you'll probably be able to afford a better wine.
2006-11-12 06:33:06 · answer #3 · answered by QuickQuestion 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, if you add the right yeast(s) but if you are in North America almost all of the grape juice sold in food stores is made from native labrusca varieties, not the vinifera varieties which are used for almost all classic wines (cabernet, pinot noir, merlot, etc.). Wines made from labrusca varieties (delaware, concord, etc.) have a unique "foxy" taste characteristic that one either likes or dislikes which clashes with food.
2006-11-12 06:55:47 · answer #4 · answered by Hank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normally you can if you add yeast,but only if there are not preservatives in the juice.Anyway you can try adding 10 gram of yeast per lit If it starts bubbling that means fermentation occurs.When it ands put it in the frig wait for a few days and taste it.Good luck.
2006-11-12 06:38:11 · answer #5 · answered by qwine2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No as there are preservatives and the juice is bereft of bloom (naturally present yeast on grape skins)
2006-11-12 14:21:31 · answer #6 · answered by arun d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you'll need the whole fruit.
2006-11-12 06:33:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that would not work, you need fresh grapes
2006-11-12 06:57:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋