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Big Al

Better Brew Premium Wine kit

Post by Big Al » Sat Aug 09, 2014 2:05 pm

I'm in the process of making a better brew Premium 7 day wine kit.
It states no extra sugar needed.
Well I've mixed it all together and the FG is 1032, seems very low for a red wine kit.
SHould I add extra sugar or just sit back and see how it turns out?

Big Al

Re: Better Brew Premium Wine kit

Post by Big Al » Sat Aug 09, 2014 3:08 pm

Meant to say the OG is 1032

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Re: Better Brew Premium Wine kit

Post by MarkA » Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:26 am

That is low for wine, it will be end up around 5.5%. I would add sugar to about 1.090 which should ferment to around 12%

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Re: Better Brew Premium Wine kit

Post by Big Al » Wed Aug 27, 2014 2:10 pm

I added extra sugar to bulk it up, but in the meanwhile I also emailed H'Bard to query the kit with themselves. THey said it should have had an OG of 1080, and have asked me to provide the batch number on the box.
I'm going to email them and see what they say. Sounds like its a dodgy pack.

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