barkingtreefrog
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Not sure how it happened but I brewed a 6 batch of peach apricot chardonnay and we opened it at our gender reveal party (we're expecting our first kid) and found a happy surprise, I had accidentally made champagne. It was awesome. So awesome, that I just ordered two more of those kits to make and have on hand for New Years this year. Anyway...I have two questions.
I'm going to try and recreated this, the kits say 5%-8% alcohol. I'd like to increase this above 10% without creating any off tastes. I understand that you can add more sugar to do this, but at what cost to the flavor?
Secondly, I'll need to replace the yeast it comes with and choose a champagne yeast, are there any issues with using a different yeast that comes with a kit? What do I need to look for?
I'm going to try and recreated this, the kits say 5%-8% alcohol. I'd like to increase this above 10% without creating any off tastes. I understand that you can add more sugar to do this, but at what cost to the flavor?
Secondly, I'll need to replace the yeast it comes with and choose a champagne yeast, are there any issues with using a different yeast that comes with a kit? What do I need to look for?