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Ahhhh very good point. So is there anything to be done then with various fruit musts like this or perhaps using a refractometer or something else? And for the record I’m not that concerned with knowing the exact ABV but rather I just like being able to do it correctly and also be able to know...

Yea that’s kind of what I figured. Maybe next time I’ll put them in a blendtec blender with some hot tea to completely pulverize and puree them.

So I filtered some and took a new reading and its even lower. 1.030 I have to assume since the dates are coarsely diced or chopped about down the raisin size but they don’t dissolve very well so by filtering them out I’m essentially taking the sugar out at this point and that might be why the...

Will do thanks for the suggestion. I’ll report back in about eight hours or so

I started a wine w dates. Just going for a gallon and i used a whole back of pitted dates. Dates 28 servings Each serving 26 g sugar Whole bag = 728 g sugar I used a hand blender to blend the dates up and got them pretty small but the mausr ends up being somewhat gelatinous probably because of...

No worries. This wine was pretty cheap to make so im not too worried. It will also give me a chance to experiment and learn something i suppose. I appreciate all the replys this seems to be a great forum.

So I calibrated w some 4.0 solution results: sample I had put into a jar to make a starter the other day 3.0 Must still in the primary 2.9 I had one more container of cranberry unopened so I tested that too. 2.3

Funny you should ask I just bought a titration kit, ph meter, and a refractometer so I can probably test the acid with the titration kit. From what I’m aware of pH and the acid levels this kit will show can be non-correlated is there a specific number I’m looking to be at? Or under/over?

Yeah the sugar amount was pretty high. I edited my original post to include exactly the amount of sugar from the juice and the 10 pound bag I put in, which if my calculation was correct is about 2.7 pounds per gallon. I “think” that would put it in the 15s % range. And ec-1118’s max should be...

The only real reason I airlock is based on what I’ve read, and I see there’s contention between airlocking the primary ferment or not. I’m definitely still a beginner, I just started a couple months ago, and air locking was just a passive way of making sure I didn’t accidentally let anything...

Oh yeah I think I forgot to mention I put about a tablespoon of sugar in the jar with it as well. The idea I had was to see if I could get a starter with the actual liquid from the main batch to see if there was a problem in a smaller more controlled container. It’s odd to me because I’ve...

Yeah It’s Max is supposed to be somewhere around 18% I believe. Which is why I was confused as it seems to of stopped a few percent away from that unless I screwed up the initial hydrometer reading

I used 6 x 96 fluid ounce Kirkland Ocean Spray cranberry premium juice. And mixed in a 10 pound bag of sugar into a large 6+ gal brew bucket. Volume 96 fl oz x 6 containers = 576 fl oz /128 fl oz(per gallon) = 4.5 gallons + volume of white sugar = about 5 gallons Each container was 12...