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rack, degas, air lock- let site for at least 2 hours, add cheap vodka slowly to taste or to SG 1.0 (no lower), degas again, air lock... Let sit for 1 month, test again, * if still at SG 1.0 or higher, add campden tabs and sorbate per directions on container, 10 days later, rack, wait 3 days -...

If it were here where I live (is cold) I would put in the garage for a day or two. Bring back in the house, rack in my gallon jugs, put them in the fridge and drink myself silly every night till gone. Or you could get champagne bottle / lids / wires, rack now, bottle the 16th. Wait a few...

I did two stages of sugar to get the ABV higher. Brown sugar and granulated table sugar for the first 12% ABV with 1 pack EC1116 in primary then Racked after 10 days and used powdered brewers sugar and 1 pack of EC1118 for a month in the secondary, Racked and topped up the carboy (estimated at...

Yes I meant sorbate (changed it in the initial post). I most likely will not backsweeten, I thought campden and sorbate preserved as well as kill the possibility of re-fermentation. So the wine doesnt spoil.

I have 6 Gal of Apple Juice (store bought), EC1118, different types of sugar, primary for 10 days at 68 deg F, secondary 50 days at 68 deg F (doesnt taste very good - flat with aftertaste). Fermented good though - alcohol should be at 15%+ according to hydrometer. Still has some small bubbles...