Drunken Monkey
Active Member
So, I decided to experiment a little for fun and a surprise for my wife. She, brought up one day how she missed the wine coolers that were all the rage in the 80’s and can not be found today.
I decided to do 2 small batch low ABV fruit wines. Wanted to make it a simple and fairly quick process. So, I choose to use Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry, and Cran-Pineapple 100% juice (2 x 64oz for 1 gal ea batch). I warmed up about 1cup of juice to melt my sugar in. About 3/4 cup got me a target 1.050 sg. Finished @ 1.000 for an estimated 6.5.% ABV.
Then I racked into a secondary and cold crashed for a week. I then primed ea with 1oz sugar and racked directly into mini keg/growler.
After about 3 weeks I attached the Co2 canister and brought up to serve pressure. And, the end result was as close as I can remember to a carbonated wine cooler that I remember. The cran-pineapple was both our favorite. And, the cran-raspberry was a close 2nd.
We tend to prefer a little on the dryer side. And, for us it came out nice. But, it could be back sweetened a little for those who want more sweetness.
I decided to do 2 small batch low ABV fruit wines. Wanted to make it a simple and fairly quick process. So, I choose to use Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry, and Cran-Pineapple 100% juice (2 x 64oz for 1 gal ea batch). I warmed up about 1cup of juice to melt my sugar in. About 3/4 cup got me a target 1.050 sg. Finished @ 1.000 for an estimated 6.5.% ABV.
Then I racked into a secondary and cold crashed for a week. I then primed ea with 1oz sugar and racked directly into mini keg/growler.
After about 3 weeks I attached the Co2 canister and brought up to serve pressure. And, the end result was as close as I can remember to a carbonated wine cooler that I remember. The cran-pineapple was both our favorite. And, the cran-raspberry was a close 2nd.
We tend to prefer a little on the dryer side. And, for us it came out nice. But, it could be back sweetened a little for those who want more sweetness.