/diy/ - Do It Yourself

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>containers
Looks good, but if you're buying juice why not use the container it comes in?
>burpers
Air locks are fun to watch I guess but not too important. I'd consider them low priority. Plastic cling wrap, aluminum foil, latex balloon, or even an unlubed condom works great for this purpose. You can even get away with leaving the lid partially unscrewed, the vessel should have positive pressure so its pushes the nasties away. Despite having various stoppers and lids I use plastic wrap most of the time
>yeast
You'll get alcohol but it makes a huge difference in outcome. EC1118 is good general purpose if you're looking for a wine yeast. It's pretty mean and tolerates sugar, alcohol, and temperature well
>boiling
Skip this and avoid juice with preservatives except in cases like skeeter pee. Even then just let it sit out a few hours, no need to boil. Sorbate, sulfite, and benzoate are the ingredients to avoid. There are plenty of pasteurized juices with only ascorbic acid as a preservative, yeast are cool with that one.
>add water
A hydrometer is very helpful here. You can measure sugar, potential alcohol, as well as work backwards to estimate how much alcohol you have. Hydrometer is the easiest way to tell if fermentation has stopped/stuck.