I am planning a pyment as my next mead. Due to the ack of availability of grapes my plan was to use a wine kit and make the leftover grape juice into a wine.
1- We like a red Zinfandel wine. I was thinking about using 8L or about 30% grape with the balance being a clover/alfalfa honey must with a ABV potential of around 14%. Will this be a reasonable amount of juice? Too much? Too little?
2- Yeast? I was leaning towards KV 1116
3- Any other ingredient suggestions?
4- Was thinking a target YAN of 200 as I expect the grape juice will contribute significantly.
Standard GoFerm protocol and SNA.
Thoughts and/or critiques welcome.
1- We like a red Zinfandel wine. I was thinking about using 8L or about 30% grape with the balance being a clover/alfalfa honey must with a ABV potential of around 14%. Will this be a reasonable amount of juice? Too much? Too little?
2- Yeast? I was leaning towards KV 1116
3- Any other ingredient suggestions?
4- Was thinking a target YAN of 200 as I expect the grape juice will contribute significantly.
Standard GoFerm protocol and SNA.
Thoughts and/or critiques welcome.