Easiest Sweet Red Wine (We May Have Gone Too Far)

Sometimes simple is perfect… and sometimes we just can’t leave well enough alone. In this episode, we start with the easiest sweet red wine you can possibly make — beginner-friendly, low stress, and nearly foolproof. It’s the kind of wine anyone can pull off at home, even if you’ve never fermented a thing in your life. Then curiosity strikes. We decided to “improve” it. Add a little something extra. Push it just a bit further. Did we make it better… or did we ruin a perfectly good thing? Watch as we walk you through the base sweet red wine recipe, explain why it works so well, and then show the exact changes we made so you can decide for yourself whether the upgrade is genius or madness. Along the way, we talk sweetness, balance, fermentation choices, and the real-world tradeoffs homebrewers actually face. If you’re new to winemaking, this will get you started fast. If you’ve been brewing for a while, this might make you rethink “simple.” Ingredients: 1 Gallon (3.785 liters) Grape Juice: https://amzn.to/4qtEkfp 1 lb 3.3 oz (0.55 kg) Sugar 1 teaspoons Fleischmann's Active Dry Bread Yeast OG 1.110 Additions: 3 lbs (1.36 kg) Berry Blend (we used frozen Cherry Berry Blend from Walmart) Related Videos: Sweet Red Wine: https://youtu.be/XHtWgNBM8A8?si=Hs5rAYrIG4kzjFri How Yeast Works: https://youtu.be/7SexLelVQwY?si=a7mOoKdYWZM884__ How to Read a Hydrometer: https://youtu.be/pN368g-reE8?si=4jkDjibMdhEPkULc Is Bread Yeast Bad?: https://youtu.be/dCPJBtpogC0?si=X5MsopQYV2PoErYb Racking: https://youtu.be/-X00d3C14z0?si=_OpHgFf-tOPPpPGb Swirl: https://youtu.be/4x0ahwQm8Wk?si=Gqgw0rVO5nczw5mZ Pasteurize: https://youtu.be/zWBU3EI-EFo?si=xy29hfAP3JrC9vBq _____________________________________ TRBOS: https://amzn.to/3WROzxD Star San: https://amzn.to/3SXFoKg 5 Liter Squared Fermenter: https://amzn.to/3VrOMar Baster: https://amzn.to/3DXs2c8 Graduated Cylinder and Hydrometer: https://amzn.to/4ow8gXz Scale: https://amzn.to/4dxaqkr Spaddle: https://amzn.to/4bM43IQ Tilt Pro Mini: https://amzn.to/4njWPkv Glencairn Glasses: https://amzn.to/3Fbll78 2 Gallon Brew Bucket: https://amzn.to/3Ed80dY Auto Siphon: https://amzn.to/4cz8VRr HOSS: https://amzn.to/48qUH6C 1 Gallon Carboy: https://amzn.to/4aNnik9 Stemmed Tasting Glasses: https://amzn.to/3Zg67Wr You may notice we do not have a lot of sponsored products or sponsored ads in our videos! That's intentional. We have found most offered sponsorships are completely not appropriate to you, our audience, so we don't want to waste your time. What we actually do is offer you links to products we USE and BELIEVE in. We use the Amazon Affiliate Program for these links and we DO receive a small commission if you purchase using our links and all this comes at no additional cost to you! _____________________________________ Become a City Steading VIP - Click to learn more http://www.city-steading.com/vip-club _____________________________________ Want more City Steading? Website: http://www.city-steading.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/citysteading