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Update: The carambola wine finished perfectly. SG ended at 0.992 and color is richly golden. I’m very pleased with how this star fruit juice is progressing and plan on bottling in a few weeks. Thanks. I’m very pleased with the golden color as shown in photo. Thanks for any interest.

On 12/6/22, I added k-meta (0.25 tsp) and waited 24 hours before adding yeast (Lalvin 1116). After 2 days it started fermentation but never got robust. Today, I checked gravity and it’s 1.017. I’ve kept room temp at 67°F. What should I do if the fermentation has ended? Your thoughts would...

I just noticed your two replies. I wish I saw them earlier. The one reason I added water is my juice supplier used 30 pounds of fruit to get the 1 1/2 gallons of juice. I figured it was too concentrated. Fermentation started yesterday. I’ll update soon.

After some research, I started this batch as described above, with a few changes. I added the 1/2 gallon of apple juice, and also added a 1/2 gallon white grape juice too. I added 8 pounds of sugar and the SG is 1.092. The yeast is Lalvin 1116. Any thoughts are appreciated.

I’m about to start a batch using 1.5 gallons of star fruit juice. I’m adding 0.5 gallon if apple juice, two gallons of water, and approximately 6 pounds of sugar (1.080 gravity). Lalvin 1118 yeast. Any comments would be appreciated.