GrandpasFootsteps
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I bought a can of VR blackberry juice. It had a fair amount of blackberries in it. Smelled great. I followed the 3 gallon recipe. I added EC-1122 yeast on May 14 with an SG of 1.080. I checked daily and pushed down the cap of blackberries. Then yesterday May 19 I checked the SG and it is apparently .989. This is the lowest I've seen. It is just below the .990 on my hydrometer. It barely floats at all. I spun it fairly well to get bubbles out. Is this a correct reading? I didn't expect it to go that dry. Is it going to taste okay? I was sort of hoping for a slightly sweet blackberry wine. I guess I can back-sweeten it, but I'm not sure what I'd use to do it.
I got all the blackberry bits out with a nylon bag and then I put it into a 3 gallon secondary carboy last night. I added medium toast american oak. I had to top it up since I didn't have enough wine (there were more blackberries than I thought). I used a generic red table wine with a sweet fruity flavor, it's one of my favorite evening sippers so I figured it wouldn't hurt.
I got all the blackberry bits out with a nylon bag and then I put it into a 3 gallon secondary carboy last night. I added medium toast american oak. I had to top it up since I didn't have enough wine (there were more blackberries than I thought). I used a generic red table wine with a sweet fruity flavor, it's one of my favorite evening sippers so I figured it wouldn't hurt.