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how do you know what your free SO@ is?

question about sulfates. Making a batch of blueberry - my third batch of wine. this is only one gallon, used frozen berries boiled sugar water and dumped over frozen berries in the primary fermentor. thought the hot water would kill any yeast - maybe not. Would most people making wine put in...

RJ Spagnols En Primeur Winery Series Italian Rosso Grande Eccelente Winemaking Kit

Thanks for the advise, flavor seams strong enough, and the recommended dried elderberries from several sources was per gallon was 1/4lb. yes good learning experience. Basic recipe was from Sicilian Prince web site - except for my mistakes.

SG was 1.101 after setting overnight before fermenting. had 2.5 lbs of dried elderberries, 13 lbs of sugar Just checked SG again and it was down to .992. Does that mean alcohol level is OK? Can you determine alcohol level if all you know is final SG? did an on line calculator, and had 1.00...

Can i take some wine out and add couple lbs of sugar?

I am new to wine making - so perhaps i am in wrong forum, but here is my question. It relates to a 6.5 gallon carboy i have been using. I am in process of making a batch of elderberry wine from dried berries. initial SG in fermentor 1.101, left it in 5 days went to 1.00, then transferred...