On Jun 12, 3:08 pm, "Dirty Harry" > wrote:
> So, got 3 gallons of no name brand "Cranberry Cocktail", contains grape
> juice, cranberry juice, and citric acid...cost about 12 bucks I think. 1/2
> a pail of corn sugar to get it up to starting sg of 10%, few tsps of yeast
> nutrient and let er go. 1.5 months later I'm loving this stuff! Amazing
> red color, has a "tanniny" taste like a red but the crispness of a white.
> Started 5 more gallons after I tasted the first batch before it was even
> done. I think I'm going to get myself a bunch more of this juice before
> they change something in it, right now it has the perfect blend of acid,
> grapes and cran. If anyone is interested I can post a link to some shots
> of the wine and some of the juice. You can't go wrong with this stuff
> especially for how little it costs, I'd rate it about 10 steps up from the
> cheap white zinfandel kits I've been paying 2 times as much for!

I'd be interested in seeing your results. I've not seen mention of
using corn syrup before in place of sugar.