Easy Concord Grape Juice

I made this recipe in October, and opened a bottle yesterday about 6 weeks since I made it. The juice is excellent, the recipe was so easy to follow and I plan to make it again next year. The only thing I made different from the recipe was cut the sugar back to 1/4 cup per quart as some of the previous reviews said it could be done safely . The juice taste sweet to me , very similar to welch grape juice you buy. My grapes were sweeter than usual this year I think because we had unusual warm weather this fall. I made 24 qts, if I would have known it was going to be this good I would have made lots more.Thank you so much for the great recipe, I will be sharing this with my friends.

My sister and I made this last fall. It is really good. You can use between 1 and 2 cups of grapes per jar, and it didn't make much difference. We added sugar to hers (really yummy), none to mine, still good but not sweet. When I open a jar I add stevia to taste...really yummy;) less calories. This is the recipe my husbands grandma used with plenty of sugar...back when he was happy to eat all things sweet.

This recipe is one given to me by a friend at church and she says it is the BEST grape juice recipe, but that you MUST wait at least 6 months before drinking it for the best flavor. I just made it this week so I've got 120 quarts waiting for me! We did taste the 2 quarts that didn't seal and found that it was a bit too sweet for our taste. I did ask the Ball company about eliminating the sugar and they said that it was safe to do so, so in the future we will either halve the sugar or omit it and just add a sweetener if we want it when we drink it. The flavor in the ones we drank immediately after canning them was good, but weak, so I'm very interested to see how it tastes after waiting! However, the Ball Blue Book said to only use 1 cup grapes, so that is what we used. If I use 2 cups of grapes per quart we'll probably dilute it when we use it after we wait. This recipe is VERY easy to do. My children all helped, from my toddler to my preschoolers. Enjoy!

I have been using this recipe for years. I love the results. I tried it with less sugar and the results were not as good. Because the whole grape is used (grape seed and grape skin) I feel it must be very healthy. I bring it out when anyone is sick. I have given to my children and now my grandchildren. I think I probably use more grapes than suggested.

Can you tell me, do you dilute the juice after you are ready to use it or just use it straight?