roadpupp
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I am on my fourth kit now. It is a Wine Expert Limited edition Washington Meritage.
I got the must ready, added the roughly 1.5 gallons of warmed up water (it's a 16 liter kit) and checked SG. The instructions said the starting SG should be 1.095-1.100. I was reading 1.090 to 1.092. The total volume was 23 liters as I have marked and verified my primary bucket a few times.
I ended up adding 3 cups of white sugar to the 6 gallons of must. This got me to 1.098.
Are there any ill effects to doing this? I know I should trust the kit. Does anyone else add sugar to decent quality kits to make the starting SG exactly correct?
Is there a rule of thumb for 6 gallon kits? IE, 1/2 cup of sugar equals 0.002 SG increase?
Thanks
I got the must ready, added the roughly 1.5 gallons of warmed up water (it's a 16 liter kit) and checked SG. The instructions said the starting SG should be 1.095-1.100. I was reading 1.090 to 1.092. The total volume was 23 liters as I have marked and verified my primary bucket a few times.
I ended up adding 3 cups of white sugar to the 6 gallons of must. This got me to 1.098.
Are there any ill effects to doing this? I know I should trust the kit. Does anyone else add sugar to decent quality kits to make the starting SG exactly correct?
Is there a rule of thumb for 6 gallon kits? IE, 1/2 cup of sugar equals 0.002 SG increase?
Thanks