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Made wine and had some questions about strength???

 
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11/08/2012 06:59 PM
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Made wine and had some questions about strength???
Made a white wine last year and have four bottles left in storage - private reserve after handing them out. This year I am making a red wine and oh, does it taste and smell good!! Anyways, the other day was a special occassion and I cracked open a bottle of the white wine from last year. Tasted excellent, but I noticed that ONE small glass almost put me on my ass! What gives? I'm not a light weight to alcohol, and wine has normally never done that to me. Final ALC% was around 18% when calculated before bottling. Thoughts? Thanks!
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11/08/2012 07:04 PM
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Re: Made wine and had some questions about strength???
Nouha grapes?
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11/08/2012 07:05 PM
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Re: Made wine and had some questions about strength???
Did you add any sugar at the final corking?

Just sounds to me like your yeastie-beasties were extra hungry.

I would keep ALL rackings just for a culture that made 18% first time around.

Good Job

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11/08/2012 07:08 PM
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Re: Made wine and had some questions about strength???
Did you add any sugar at the final corking?

Just sounds to me like your yeastie-beasties were extra hungry.

I would keep ALL rackings just for a culture that made 18% first time around.

Good Job

rockon
 Quoting: Hitndahedfred


I added the sweetner and yeast killer bottle that the DIY booze store sells, not sure what it is called. Like I said, it knocked me on my ass, a very INTENSE high feeling almost, VERY strange. Tequila, everclear, etc., has never done that to me with one drink...
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Re: Made wine and had some questions about strength???
Nouha grapes?
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Nope, just a vine that has been growing in my backyard. Bought the white grape vine at a nursery years ago, and every year we get about ~70 lbs of grapes...
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11/08/2012 07:15 PM
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11/08/2012 07:19 PM
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Re: Made wine and had some questions about strength???
I believe 18% is as high as you can go and even that is often difficult to achieve. The higher alcohol content kills the yeast.
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11/08/2012 07:22 PM
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Re: Made wine and had some questions about strength???
I believe 18% is as high as you can go and even that is often difficult to achieve. The higher alcohol content kills the yeast.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25327582


Yes. I am just trying to figure out how one small glass induced an intense high feeling, like nothing I have felt before? It tasted good, so I know it was not due to bad wine. I did not use that much sulphides, kept them down as I know some are allergic. Strange thing is, I had a bottle after corking it a year ago, and nothing. My sig other even had a little an noticed the massive euphoric feeling... thoughts???
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11/08/2012 07:24 PM
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Re: Made wine and had some questions about strength???
That would be the equivalent to a port wine wine there op.Normal alcohol level should be around 8-12% with wine kits if that is what you used
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11/08/2012 07:27 PM
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Re: Made wine and had some questions about strength???
That would be the equivalent to a port wine wine there op.Normal alcohol level should be around 8-12% with wine kits if that is what you used
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Sorry, not sure what a "port wine" is? Is that basically du to the high ALC%? Would that cause a Euphoric feeling? Like I said, I have drank tequila etc with higher ALC% and never felt anything quite like this...
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11/08/2012 10:28 PM
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Re: Made wine and had some questions about strength???
I really don't know offhand what could do that, but if you'd send me a bottle I can do some research.





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