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ok. thanks for the into. will food coloring hurt it? I took 4 readings throughout the 10 days and on day 4 it was 1.04. This ferment went much slower than usual. normally it finishes within 5 days. I racked it the day it went below 1.0

it was in the primary for about 10 days. I racked at SG .990

racked it last night. I noticed it slowly losing its red color during the primary and left alot of sediment behind in the primary

I just racked a batch of strawberry wine from the primary and it is now a brown color. what can I do to make it red again? Food coloring?

awesome, thanks for the info guys

I am working in a strawberry wine. I want to give it a hint of chocolate flavor. would you reccoment using the brewers best chocolate extract or ghiradelli cocoa powder?

the chart is very helpful. thank you

it was more complex. the video im following says it should yield about 10-11% but i put about 14 cups of sugar as opposed to the videos reccomended 12 cups. is there any way to estimate how much sugar would have fermented in that 30 hours. if it helps after that 30 hours it had a specific...

I made a careless mistake and forgot to take a hydrometer reading before I started the primary fermentation. It has been in the primary fermenter for about 30 hours now. I just took a reading but its already been fermenting for 30 hours. Is there anything I can do now to get an accurate alcohol...

yes, they both have airlocks. will the partially full bottle take longer to ferment since it has more air in it?

I have 2 1 gallon carboys and i think the batch I just started will be a bit over 1 gallon. will it be a problem to have a partially full carboy?

this stuff will kill the yiest so anything I add to backsweeten will not ferment right? and does it effect the taste of the cider?

came from amazon

well atleast im not a complete idiot

ok I just tried that with the water and same result.