[Growwine] Unusual topic, but

[Dennis Davidson]

Please,exactly how much sugar per wine?
#grams/12 oz beer bottle?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vernon Speer" <vspeer at mchsi.com>
To: <growwine at littlefatwino.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Growwine] Unusual topic, but


> Alan,
> 
> Sorry for the confusion, I didn't think about simple and complex  
> carbohydrates when I wrote that.
> 
> Simple sugar is made by boiling water and adding sugar until it hits  
> the saturation point...usually a ratio of 2 sugar to 1 water. Simple  
> sugar used to be a bar ingredient in making sweet cocktails...now  
> that you mention it, I haven't seen it around for awhile...I guess  
> I'm showing my age.
> 
> A couple of ounces of simple sugar + yeast added to a bottle then  
> capped will generate enough pressure to put the CO2 in solution.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 3, 2008, at 1:52 PM, J & A Baker wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Let's go back to square one.  When you say "a couple of ounces of simple
> sugar to the wine" please answer the next two questions:
> 1)  What is Simple sugar?
> 
> 2)  How much wine?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alan