sTango
Dunwich Brewing Co.
So, I made about 4 gallons of concord wine last year. Steps were as follows:
1. Picked and washed the grapes
2. layered them with sugar in a bucket
3. topped with water
4. let ferment for 3 months
5. racked for 6 months
6. bottled
you'll notice there are no measurements or gravity readings. what the hell was I thinking? lol...i have no idea.
then we bought a bottle of concord wine and taste compared ours to it.
ours was much fruitier and sweeter.
my wife didnt like it (too sweet) but i liked it so we kept it bottled for about 6 months.
now, being a more brave brewer than I was then I decided to open a bottle and get a gravity reading and WOW it was 1.040.
so I decided to make it drier mostly because I want my wife to enjoy it too. I like it like it is. maybe im just weird.
I opened all 12 bottles left and poured them into a carboy. I added a packet of Montrachet yeast yesterday.
So, what I believe will happen is that it will begin fermenting at some point and slowly get drier. I dont know what the abv is now, but I can tell you that it is already pretty strong.
i figuire if it doesnt ferment out much drier because of the current abv then can i water it down, or will that ruin it?
1. Picked and washed the grapes
2. layered them with sugar in a bucket
3. topped with water
4. let ferment for 3 months
5. racked for 6 months
6. bottled
you'll notice there are no measurements or gravity readings. what the hell was I thinking? lol...i have no idea.
then we bought a bottle of concord wine and taste compared ours to it.
ours was much fruitier and sweeter.
my wife didnt like it (too sweet) but i liked it so we kept it bottled for about 6 months.
now, being a more brave brewer than I was then I decided to open a bottle and get a gravity reading and WOW it was 1.040.
so I decided to make it drier mostly because I want my wife to enjoy it too. I like it like it is. maybe im just weird.
I opened all 12 bottles left and poured them into a carboy. I added a packet of Montrachet yeast yesterday.
So, what I believe will happen is that it will begin fermenting at some point and slowly get drier. I dont know what the abv is now, but I can tell you that it is already pretty strong.
i figuire if it doesnt ferment out much drier because of the current abv then can i water it down, or will that ruin it?