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Hi all I am new to making wine.My question is is tap water fine to mix with a kit? I do not have town water.I have a dug well. also if I may ask another question in store bought juice ( grape,apple ect....) what do I look for in the ingredients that tells me not to use it thank you..............Larry
 
Most of the store bought juices contain fairly low amounts of preservatives BUT, just as important look at the other ingredients and be sure they are what you want in your wine.
Finally some of the ready to drink juices are a bit watered down and therefore will produce less than great results. Look more toward concentrates like frozen juices that call for adding 'X' number of cans of water. That allows you to use less water and get a better flavor - e.g. Directions call for 4 cans of water - you can add 3 and have a better tasting wine. Also lookout for fruit wines that are labeled as say Raspberry - Pineapple but in fact contain Apple, White Grape, Raspberry and Pineapple juices. Those juices are going to be listed in the order of the most dominant first. So in that example it's mostly Apple and White Grape juice with enough Raspberry and Pineapple to give that flavor to you. In fact you may even see a juice that lists High Fructose Corn Syrup in the first 1 to 3 ingredients - so you are actually paying a lot for corn syrup. I'm not saying that a mix is all bad, but sometimes in wine making a fruit flavor seems to diminish as the wine ferments. So you'd probably not be terribly happy if that Raspberry - Pineapple wine tasted more like an apple wine when all is said and done.

Most of all if you can follow some well used recipes you will probably be happier for the first few batches of wine. (There are plenty of folks who have tried and true recipes for using store bought juices.)
 
Filterd water is best for me the cost is cheap and nothing is in it,just water.
 
If you drink your well water then it is fine to use it for making wine. Also, if you want to use juice that you buy from a grocery store you need to make sure it does not have potassium sorbate in it. The juice will not ferment when it has sorbate in it.
 
Thank you all for the tips and advice.I have made 2 kits years ago but I would like to try some 1 gal. Batches...Forgive me if I come on here to ask a lot of questions.i forgot all I learned years ago. I was in a bad motorcycle accident in oct.2016 ended with traumatic brain injury and I forget or have no memorie. Thanks again
 
Thank you all for the tips and advice.I have made 2 kits years ago but I would like to try some 1 gal. Batches...Forgive me if I come on here to ask a lot of questions.i forgot all I learned years ago. I was in a bad motorcycle accident in oct.2016 ended with traumatic brain injury and I forget or have no memorie. Thanks again
Also check out the Country Fruit Wine Making area on here. That will address a lot of your questions about using various fruits and juices for wine.
 
Larry, ask as many questions as you want! Sorry to hear about your accident but sounds like you are moving on, good luck to you!!!!
 
I do not know if there are places where they chlorinate home well water, but if they do you might have to let it sit for a day or two and air out. Chlorine is not good for yeast. Found out the hard way, they normally do not put chlorine in our water. Had to repair a leak and they chlorinated the town water. Had some minnows in a container with water slowly flowing in and started a batch of wine. Killed the minnows and the yeast. Had to repitch after a few days. Arne.
 
Filtered water. As a rule....nothing added to the mix but what belongs.
 

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