cruizer8
Well-Known Member
I just bottled my first wine from a kit. It was a blackcurrant white Merlot from Orchard Breeze. I screwed up while starting it but it ended up coming out pretty good anyway. It came with a blackcurrant sweetening blend and instead of putting it in secondary like I was suppose to, I put it in the primary with the juice concentrate.
I ended up with an SG of 1.082 when I was expecting it to be about 1.055. I ended up letting it sit in secondary for a month instead of the two weeks it said to and it got down to a final gravity of 0.991. I was worried that it would have taken away from some of the sweetness but to me it still tastes pretty sweet.
Moral of the story: read ALL directions before doing anything.
I ended up with an SG of 1.082 when I was expecting it to be about 1.055. I ended up letting it sit in secondary for a month instead of the two weeks it said to and it got down to a final gravity of 0.991. I was worried that it would have taken away from some of the sweetness but to me it still tastes pretty sweet.
Moral of the story: read ALL directions before doing anything.