8 Reviews of Easy Concord Grape Juice

From: deb k

On Sep 23, 2003

Thank you so much for sharing! I have 25' of concord grape vines in my yard and heard of this easy method, but didn't know how to do it. I have now put up 10 qts of this juice (which was so much easier than last year, boiling, crushing the grapes, straining, etc...) And now I can share this recipe with my neighbors when I give them bushels of our grapes! Wonderful and simple!

From: Chef #186917

On Mar 4, 2005

I have made grape juice this way for years. The best. when all the young'un were home made it in half gallon jars, quart was not enough for them and their friends. My neice still asks about the juice when she calls.

From: country_cook

On Jul 11, 2007

This is great! I always have leftover grapes to use so this comes in handy! I do like to put in a little more grapes to get more grape flavor from it, but this is such a great, natural recipe for grape juice! I feel good serving it to the kids! Thanks for posting!

From: Dienia B.

On Nov 21, 2004

we do this too we water bath it for 30 though its easy and can do alot of grapes have made jelly with the juice later when not so hot and busy

From: flightnurse

On Sep 24, 2007

Easy and quick way to make good juice! Slightly sweeter than I prefer, may use a heaping 1/4 cup of sugar next time. Plan on making some jelly with this juice later when there is time. Thanks for sharing!

From: Cynthia Q

On Aug 18, 2008

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!

From: Chef #588802

On Oct 1, 2007

Just a question as i've not yet tried the recipe - but am doing so tomorrow as I have lots of concords in the back. Can the sugar be reduced or is it necessary for a safe canning process? Thanks for the recipe. Gretchen

From: Chef #605511

On Oct 5, 2007

This is the perfect recipe!! It's a fast way to get rid of all the extra grapes! And the best part is making it is fun !