DoctorCAD
Well-Known Member
I started my first batch of real fruit wine this past week. I am making a blackberry wine because I read on this forum that it is a really good wine.
My recipe:
4 1/4 pounds Whole Foods organic blackberries
2 1/4 pounds sugar
7 pints water
1/2 tsp acid blend
1/2 tsp peptic enzyme
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1 crushed campden tablet
1 pack wine yeast
Mixed everything but yeast and let sit 24 hours. SG measured 1.075 instead of 1.085 in recipe book.
pitched yeast
Stirred daily for 6 days
Ghecked SG on 6th day and it was 1.000!!!!!
I racked into 1 gallon bottle and about 3/4 of a 1/2 gallon bottle under airlock. Both bubblers are active and sediment is falling out. The wine is a beautiful red color and it smells raw, but good.
The SG of 1.000 in 6 days really has me baffled. I don't think the wine is bad, but what could cause that?
I am wondering if my hydrometer may be out of calibration, I guess I could check some distilled water to verify.
Any ideas?
My recipe:
4 1/4 pounds Whole Foods organic blackberries
2 1/4 pounds sugar
7 pints water
1/2 tsp acid blend
1/2 tsp peptic enzyme
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1 crushed campden tablet
1 pack wine yeast
Mixed everything but yeast and let sit 24 hours. SG measured 1.075 instead of 1.085 in recipe book.
pitched yeast
Stirred daily for 6 days
Ghecked SG on 6th day and it was 1.000!!!!!
I racked into 1 gallon bottle and about 3/4 of a 1/2 gallon bottle under airlock. Both bubblers are active and sediment is falling out. The wine is a beautiful red color and it smells raw, but good.
The SG of 1.000 in 6 days really has me baffled. I don't think the wine is bad, but what could cause that?
I am wondering if my hydrometer may be out of calibration, I guess I could check some distilled water to verify.
Any ideas?