A few wine questions.

For any alcoholic brew that doesn't fit into any of the above categories!
celt

Post by celt » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:52 pm

CyberPaddy66 wrote:Ignoring the leaking CO2 for now, it sounds like your brew time is almost up, watch the Hydrometer daily and when you get 2 days about or below the 1.000 (0.999) mark then add any stabilisers the kit tells your to do (of course if you want a sweet wine you've already left it too long), then in a few days bottle the lot!

Apart from the odd conundrum you seem to have done a fine job of it, may you have MANY MANY more :D
Thanks C.P. its dropped a bit more today. I gather that the marks go up/down in twos ? If so, its gone past 1.000 and is a cats whisker away from the green at the top, so I reckon it reads, 0.995
The insructions reckon the ideal gravity is 0.994
One point I am not clear on. I gather it has to stay the same reading for two days ? What if it continues to drop ?
Because the insructions state that if it is still fermenting (even just a little) it will clear slowly or not at all.
Instructions say to rack off to another container before adding stabiliser and recheck gravity 3-4 times with an hour in between each reading.

celt

Post by celt » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:29 pm

Dropped again today, 0.992.

CyberPaddy66

Post by CyberPaddy66 » Mon May 12, 2008 12:13 pm

I've managed to get some down to 0.990 but it's not that bad if it doesn't, yours is low enough for me :D

Rack it into a sterile demijohn (if you have one) through a filter (if you have one) and leave it for a week to a month to clear, when it's looks about right (gut feeling is a great indicator) bottle it :D

Failing that just leave it for a week before bottling and hope you don't get too much sediment :lol:

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