Wow, just got this one going. I'm amazed at how much sugar it takes. My last few batches have been fruit/grape concentrate mixes and did not take as much sugar. It took 7.75 lbs of sugar to get my must to 1.086! This is in a 3.75 gallon batch (more or less). The SG before adding sugar was 1.008, when I dropped the hydrometer in my first thought was - is it done already?
Black Currants smell great though, and taste pretty good too. I've had them before somewhere, can't put my finger on it though.