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yep, so true, but he is gifted in math.

Thanks JDC. Thanks for the do the math comment after I told you math makes my hair literally fall out. :slp LOL I have a math genius son , so i'll have him do the math.

Thanks ya'll. I'm not sure how much sugar I need to add. I'm going for a full bodied blackberry wine. Is 2# enough? (It started with 8# of sugar, but is not sweet at all now). How much water do i add. Sorry my math was off on the alcohol, I was, and still am, horrible with math. In college...

oops my dyslexia once again shines through. it was 1.042

Hey ya'll, it's me again. I followed your suggestions and have racked it a couple of times and let it sit in my garage since October. I checked the SG and it is now .990. I tasted it and it is not sweet at all. I want to sweeten it before bottling, so what do I do and if I had SG of 1.024 in...

You said "rack as necessary". I am going to leave it alone for at least 30 days.

thanks for the info. I did't know, so I'll let to sit.

Thanks all. I plan to rack this a bunch because the one thing I know I did wrong last time was that some of the bottles had a bit of sediment in the bottom, not much, so this time I'm going to rack the poop out of it before I bottle it. Hopefully it'll turn out a little bit sweet in the end...

Ok so from what you said it's .0996. I can see ya'll rolling your eyes at my stupid questions, but this is only my second try. did watch the SG video. Thanks all.

Hi Guys. I took a SG reading today and am not quite sure what the reading would be. It was 2 lines above the 100. Do I need to add sugar yet? It doesn't look like it is bubbling anymore. Next time I'm using a recipe from the forum. :? Donna

Hi ya'll. Today is day 10. I racked into my carbol. My glass carbols only hold 3.5 gallons, so I have one full and one abut 1/2 full. Per you guys telling me not to add anything I just racked it. Today's SG was 1.020. I'm not sure what that means. Does it mean there is no alcohol yet? I...

Paul, you finally answered my question about checking the SG. I never want to sound obtuse, but tell me when I add more sugar. I don't want it too sweet, but I don't want it to taste sour. The last time I made it (my first attempt) it turned out great. The only mistake I made was I never...

Yes. It was the 1.042. I haven't checked it since I put the sugar in it. When should I check it again? I went to a supply store and bought potassium sorbate in case I need it. :se

Ok DrCAD, I won't add anything else for now, I may need more sugar at the end. I will just let it chill for now. Crossing my fingers.

OK, here's the poop on this creation. I lost my recipe so I found one that made ONE GALLON. I ratioed the ingredients using the pounds for one gallon and multiplied it to the pounds I had. I took 20# blackberries, crushed them and put them in my plastic fermenter bucket with 4# sugar and 10...