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Eating and Drinking => Homebrew => Topic started by: greenun on May 15, 2010, 09:44

Title: One minute wine
Post by: greenun on May 15, 2010, 09:44

Grape wine is simply fermenting the juice.
So buy a 2-3 litre plastic bottle of grape juice at the supermarket  Pour out half a cup and drink it.
Plug the top of the bottle with cotton wool and let it ferment naturally.
No need to add anything due to high sugar content. Drink anytime after foaming stops.

Title: Re: One minute wine
Post by: mumofstig on May 15, 2010, 11:37

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and let it ferment naturally.

I suspect that this would take longer than 1 minute  :lol:

Title: Re: One minute wine
Post by: Manlea1 on May 15, 2010, 11:49

Do you need to add anything?  ???

Title: Re: One minute wine
Post by: greenun on May 16, 2010, 09:30

No need to add anything -nothing -no not anything

Title: Re: One minute wine
Post by: AnnieB on May 16, 2010, 18:50

Would have thought that grape juice had a liberal supply of preservatives in it to prevent the juice from fermenting. ??? ???

Also wine uses wine yeast, not the assortment of stuff that may be floating round in the atmosphere. :( :(

Aren't wines started off with the skins and whatever else in the initial ferment also, these would add nutrients to the basic mixture that will also be absent in the grape juice. :mellow: :mellow:

Title: Re: One minute wine
Post by: greenun on May 17, 2010, 14:13

The stuff I buy is vacuum sealed, full to the very brim. It is pure juice with no preservatives. Not all wild yeasts are bad. Manufactured yeasts give a better flavour and are pretty idiot proof. In case of natural fermentation the good wild yeasts grow more quickly and the baddies usually don't get a look in. some southern european homebrewers do it this way. It is the natural taste of the fruit.

Title: Re: One minute wine
Post by: Dabhand on May 17, 2010, 15:45

so  how long on average would it take to turn in to wine?  Also where should it be left? eg cold garage? sunny window?? 

Title: Re: One minute wine
Post by: AnnieB on May 17, 2010, 19:07

Does it not seem odd that the homebrew groups don't do it that way if so simple and foolproof?

They buy wine yeast, nutrients, stabilisers, tannin, citric acid and god knows what else.

How did the batch you made turn out?

Title: Re: One minute wine
Post by: greenun on May 18, 2010, 05:45

It turned out ok. I got a bit dizzy. It's not as good as the real thing probably a bit better than metho but that's not what it's about. We stuck it in the cupboard under the sink. drink in about 4 weeks or more .
The one minute refers to putting the cotton wool in.

Title: Re: One minute wine
Post by: aelf on June 07, 2010, 18:12

I'm intrigued   ::) think I'll give it a go, what's the worst that can happen?  :wacko:

Title: Re: One minute wine
Post by: ohbeary on June 21, 2010, 17:55

several "the worst that can happen"'s
a)sour grape juice,
b)acid indigestion,
c)the trots,

shop grape juice is made with table grapes, wine is made from wine grapes (you probably wouldn't want to eat them) high in acid, minerals and tannin compared to eating/dessert grapes which is why home wine makers add tannin, acid and nutrient to shop juice.

Wine #1  http://www.winesathome.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=1562
check it out. ;)