LucasP wrote:

>Richard Kaszeta > wrote in
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>>LucasP > writes:
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>>>Besides......... how the *hell* do you think they get wine anyway??!!
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>>>They *brew* it (ie, ferment it).
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>>You need to look up the meaning of the word "brew", since brewing and
>>fermentation are different processing. Heck, if you're being
>>pedantic, you don't even brew beer, you brew wort, and then ferment
>>that to become beer.
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>>I wouldn't touch wine that's been "brewed", or had anything other than
>>a brief heat pasteurization (and that's pushing it as well)---the heat
>>does too many bad things.
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>>Rich (who makes his own beer and wine, but never brews wine).
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>Keeerist almighty, but there are some pedantic people out there!!
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>It is home brew wine, made in much the same way as home brew beer.
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>Home brew as we *Aussies* know it.
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>2lt of warm water, stir in some bentonite, add the contents of a 7lt bag
>of grape juice concentrate, wash the bag out and fill the container to
>23lts.
>When the temp is between 18-24c, sprinkle the yeast over the top, don't
>stir, cover and wait for about 7 days for fermentation to cease. Then
>you proceed with secondary fermentation.
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>That's home "brewing".
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Well, I think that the agricultural colleges can close down the oenology
diploma courses right now! What could be simpler? Even a Brisbanite can
manage it.

What's the alcohol content of the finished product?

Christine