15.5%

[d000hg]

I noticed a red in my latest case boasts this. It sounds a bit over the top to me and I'm wondering if I should swap it for something. Do they make decent wines this strong?

[Cliphead]

I know people who make their own wine to a similar strength (tulipe). Can't say I've ever come across a decent wine of such strength personally but the proof is in the drinking.

[suityou01]

I know people who make their own wine to a similar strength (tulipe). Can't say I've ever come across a decent wine of such strength personally but the proof is in the drinking.

If intended, quite a good pun.

[mudskipper]

Up 'til recently, the strongest wine you could get without fortification was 15%, because then the yeast gets killed and fermentation stops. Now they've got some new super yeasts - so 15.5 (and I think even 16) is possible. High alcohol comes from a high sugar content in the grape and usually makes for a nice smooth easy drinking wine, and thumping hangover...

[Cliphead]

If intended, quite a good pun.

Of course!

[RichardCranium]

I noticed a red in my latest case boasts this. It sounds a bit over the top to me and I'm wondering if I should swap it for something. Do they make decent wines this strong?

If you get wine by the case, is that not to sample it?

Why don't you tell us if it's any good?

[suityou01]

If you get wine by the case, is that not to sample it?

Why don't you tell us if it's any good?

Ahem, one would want to protect ones palate by consulting the plebs first. A fine ruse.

[RichardCranium]

Ahem, one would want to protect ones palate by consulting the plebs first.

OK, fairy nuffski.

Oi! Dooohg! Fecking get it down yer neck, you big girl's blouse.

Put some furkin lemonade in, if you must.

HTH

There. A pleb has spoken.

[suityou01]

OK, fairy nuffski.

Oi! Dooohg! Fecking get it down yer neck, you big girl's blouse.

Put some furkin lemonade in, if you must.

HTH

There. A pleb has spoken.

[hyperD]

Up 'til recently, the strongest wine you could get without fortification was 15%, because then the yeast gets killed and fermentation stops. Now they've got some new super yeasts - so 15.5 (and I think even 16) is possible. High alcohol comes from a high sugar content in the grape and usually makes for a nice smooth easy drinking wine, and thumping hangover...

Actually it's even higher than that k2p2 - 23%. Primarily used in generating a mulch for use in distillation rather than drinking raw as it will taste foul (lots of nutrients and additives such as activated charcol) to create an environment to ensure yeast survivability.

More here...

hyperD in "desperately thinking about buying a still" mode