I'm picking up a Cab Sauv. juice bucket tomorrow. I'm going to add a grape skin pack during the primary fermentation. Will the initial S.G. likely go up after I add the grape pack, needing me to add a little more water to the primary? Thanks!!
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Don't add water and yea the gravity will rise a bit but not enough to concern yourself with. If you were adding whole grapes then yes it would raise it additionally.
That is really surprising to me Mike. I have added grape packs and have never had an increase as large as 0.010. Mine are usually in the 0.005 area. Does the additional alcohol cause you a problem? Seems like that would make a nice BIG Cabernet Sauvignon, but it is all a matter of taste and personal preference.
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Great idea. An you still have a very nice Cab at 12.5%.
I think that is pretty typical, no surprize. It will go up differently with different types/sizes of grape packs.
If this is a Cellar Craft Grape Pack then the 0.010 increase is very normal. There is a lot of sugar in that pack!
Those are the nice Cellar Craft packs. I bought some, too.
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