comparing concentrates

[jkrug]

Has anyone used Alexander s concentrate and this home winery one? Any opinions which one is better? Looking for a descent red.

http://www.homewinery.com/cgi-bin/concen.cgi

 

[Turock]

I've never used the Home Winery concentrates, but have made alot of Alexander's. We have a Pinot Noir under MLF right now. We have good results by using 3 cans for 5 gallons.

 

[Julie]

I use the homewinery blackberry and it comes out very well.

 

[jswordy]

Highly recommend homewinery.com concentrates! Useful for the primary fruit to make wine, as a back sweetening agent, and as a blending juice. I believe it was sammyk who told me about this place. Said a good idea is to get the quarts and then split them up into small containers and freeze the juice for use on the back end of things.

I have a second-pressing muscadine blended with blueberry from home winery that is rolling along to fantastic. Just took a wee sample last night. Great nose and flavor. Two quarts are in my fridge waiting to make a 10-gallon batch of blueberry wine.

 

[jkrug]

I wasn't planning on blending. If I want to make a red pinot 5 gallons, how many would I need? Any sugestions?

 

[Julie]

I wasn't planning on blending. If I want to make a red pinot 5 gallons, how many would I need? Any sugestions?

the 1/2 gallon concentrates will make 5 gallon of wine

 

[jkrug]

Will that give good flavor & body?

 

[jswordy]

Will that give good flavor & body?

Yes, depending on how good a winemaker you are, of course. I recommend using the concentrate as a part of the 5 gallons total.

If you are concerned about body, slice up bananas with skins on, throw them in a bag and put them in there with it or bag some diced raisins with it. A couple pounds of bananas; a pound or so of unpreserved raisins.

My earlier post was intended to show the versatility of the concentrates, not to say you had to blend.

 

[Julie]

Will that give good flavor & body?

Yes you should get some good flavor and as stated add some bananas to give you some good body. And age this stuff for at least a year.

 

[jkrug]

Thanks for all the responses.. appreciate it.

 

[dralarms]

I've made 12 to 15 of the home winery.com and just ordered 10 more. Great guys to deal with.