Hello

On a different note about cranberry, I made a gallon of
cranberry-pomegranate wine a year ago and it shows to be promising. Yummy!

Marc

"DAve Allison" > a écrit dans le message de
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> Thanks, Ray, for the ideas.
> Actually, I am hoping to keep the cranberry without grapes and then mix
> later if I have to. Maybe I'll do the 3 gallon and 2 one gallon thing. I
> don't plan on using until Thanksgiving 2006.
> this helps. DAve
>
> Ray Calvert wrote:
> > For fermentation, there is no problem with fermenting 5 gal's in a 6
gallon
> > carboy. The head space will be filled with CO2. After you rack it to
bulk
> > storage is where you will have to decide what to do. You will need to
put
> > it in something that is close to it's volume. Probably get some one
gallon
> > jugs or a 3 and a couple of 1's.
> >
> > Another option: Cranberry makes a great wine but it can be overpowering
by
> > itself. You might consider making it up to 6 gallons by adding 2 cans
of
> > frozen Welch's Niagara white grape juice (not more than that) in a
gallon of
> > water to make up the 6th gallon. This would add some vinuosity and
slightly
> > cut the sharpness of the cranberry without distracting from the
cranberry
> > character. Just a thought.
> >
> > Ray
> >
> > "DAve Allison" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >>Ok, so I'm not ready yet to crush my own fruit. Forgive me. I have
> >>successfully done 27 bottles of Shiraz from a wine kit, and the Pinot
Noir
> >>is ready for stage 2. So as my primary fermentor is empty, I started
> >>wondering around and ended up with Cranberry Fruit Wine Base from
Homebrew
> >>Heaven. 96 ounces makes 5 gallons. http://www.homebrewheaven.com/
> >>
> >>What I don't know - I have a 6 gallon carboy. Can I make 5 gallons in
it,
> >>and all will work out? Or should I buy 2 wine bases, and use 1 1/6 of
them
> >>to fill the 6 gallons up? Any thoughts?
> >>
> >>My neighbor is giving me 4-5 pounds of figs soon, so that will be my
real
> >>first experiment. Using Jack Keller's website for recipes. I have a 2
> >>gallon primary and 1 gallon carboy ready to go.
> >>
> >>Again, you'all are just great for offering suggestions. It helps us
> >>novices.
> >>
> >>Learned a lot in this forum,
> >>DAve
> >
> >
> >