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I’m using wild muscadine grapes I picked myself, fortified with welches grape juice to make brandy, and I’m doing an unboxing of the #VEVOR 8 Gallon pot still to review it!

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Bearded’s Wild Muscadine Grape Brandy Base Wine – 8.5%abv
13 pounds (5.89Kg) of wild muscadine grapes
3.5 gallons (13.25L) 100% Grape juice – no preservatives or added sugar
2 tsp Pectic Enzyme https://amzn.to/3Nm5jHk
1 ¼ tsp Yeast Nutrient https://amzn.to/3SY4oOu
2 Campden tablets https://amzn.to/3FuIS0M
3 tsp acid blend https://amzn.to/3fq3v3x
CoPitched Yeast Lalvin K1V1116 Yeast and 71B yeast packets https://amzn.to/3sJ9svA and https://amzn.to/3TRZnYV

1. Freeze your grapes as you harvest them to keep them fresh and get the fruit to break down prior to fermentation.
2. Combine grapes and all other ingredients EXCEPT YEAST in fermenter and let it sit for 24 hours.
3. After 24 hours, take a hydrometer reading, then add yeast and blend to make sure the grapes are well pulped.
4. Make sure to knock down the fruit cap once or twice a day until fermentation is complete to prevent mold and promote healthy fermentation.
5. Ferment until you get to 1.000 hydrometer reading, or lower.
6. Strain the wine, then let it sit for 24 hours to drop clear. Siphon clean wine into your vessel.
7. The wine is now ready to rack into a secondary fermenter if bottling later, or you could hypothetically distill it into brandy with a low and slow run, utilizing the VEVOR thumper to infuse more flavor.

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Disclaimer: This video may contain a simulation of the process of distillation filmed for entertainment and educational purposes only. The equipment depicted is solely for the production of distilled water, essential oils, and brewing. The information on the process is provided for its entertainment and educational value only. Distillation of alcohol is currently illegal at the U.S. Federal level if done without a license, even for the sole purpose of personal consumption. Understand and follow Federal and State laws when making alcoholic beverages. If you attempt this project, you assume all risk. Please drink responsibly.

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