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I put a plastic canning lid on it-I think I have one more to change the lid on which I will do today!

Today I decided to try out some of my wine that I made 1 year ago, still in carboys. I had poured some extra in a 1/2 gallon Mason jar and had the canning jar lid on it. The lid had corrosion on it, and when I tasted the wine , I don't think it's vinegar. I put some sugar in my glass and it's...

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Where the pen tip is, is where how far the meter sunk. So, what is that reading?

I'm going to try to post a pic of the reading I took today...

So I'm looking at the hydrometer, and the wine was above 1.000 on it. The number above that, is just 90. That's where it was.

I couldn't find my hydrometer when I started this, so I don't know what the abv is.

Update: I just racked the wine to a gallon jug. I wasn't able to get sg reading at the beginning, but at the end it was .09 if I'm reading it correctly. Was up past the "wine" stage on hydrometer. It tastes very dry, and I poured a little glass and put a little strawberry syrup in it...It's...

Here's an update on my experiment with the store bought wine: I poured it into a bucket along with a bottle of white grape juice, package of classique yeast and 1 teas. yeast nutrient. I couldn't find my hydrometer, but the wine bottle said 8% abv . I took a taste and it was pleasantly...

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So about an hour ago, I poured 2 inches worth of that wine into a clear glass, poured about 1/2 inch of expired (oct. 2021) bread yeast into it, and it already has foam on the top! I think that tomorrow morning, I will pour that 3/4 gallon wine into a pail, pour in some bottled white grape juice...

I tried blending it with a really dry wine, and didn't like it. The dry wine was too bitter to me, so I added 7-up to it and it was good.

I'll just put in some yeast and I would rather keep it in its bottle....I'll put an airlock on it

I'm going to try it...I really have nothing to lose if it doesn't work, and it's a good experiment. Now I'm wondering if I should put a cam. tablet in it?? It's about 3/4 gallon