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Hey ALL ,Sorry I haven't been around with my stupid ?'s, but I've been dealing with family health issues and in the process of moving and running a business. As far as the wine goes, everything with this batch of Welch's seems to be fine. Just thought I would drop a line to let you know after...

Hey NW, GOOD LUCK with your test. Sorry I'm responding late on this post, I don't know howI missed it. BEST WISHES!!!!

Hello all. I have another ? What is the "target" s.g. to rack to carrboy? Also I was wondering about yeast nutrient. I added it (6 tsp.) to the primary at first. Should have I waited to put it in just before racking to the secondary (after primary fermentation)? I'm certain that the video that...

Thanks again and I'll let you know if needing more help.

I 'm starting another batch. I used 18 cans grape concentrate/6 gal.and s.g.= 1.075, added sugar to bring it up to 1.085. the ph =3.0 & ta=.6%. I then added k-meta to the must. Are these figures in the ballpark? I'll check ph & ta again tomorrow. Also the recipe that I used said 1 tsp...

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Thanks again for your help. I'm going to start another batch. If I run into trouble , I would appreciate help as I'm new & learning.

Back again appleman, I just measured again and TA is .8% . OK the dumb ? is why use the value of 8.2 on the ph meter. and on the box it says red grape wines desired acid level is.65%. So does .8% mean that it is .80%

OK, here are the TA results. I tested measuring 15cc of wine into test bottle & added three drops of Phenolphthalein. Added Sodium Hydroxide until color change and an additional drop did not change color. It took 7 cc. I then did another check with the ph tester in the solution until the...

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Hey Wade thanks for the info.

Thanks to everyonre your help. I purchased a acid test kit and will be checking the TA and will let you know or is it something that should only be tested prior to fermentation. Sorry for all the dumb ?'s ,but I'm new and just learning from all of you. I'll be starting another 6 gal.batch in a...

Appleman stated that it was low meaning that there was probably too much acid blend. So how do I lower that ? Is there a table of ph readings I should be looking at ? So should I purchase a acid test kit ? I thought that was what the ph meter was for.

I measured the ph and it was 3.3 . Is that to low?

Thanks all for your help. From what I've read and from your responses I think it was from not sanitizing the concentrate and too much acid blend. Can I adjust the acid with a ph meter? Wade the recipe did call for 1 tsp. pectic enzyme/ gal. I got the recipe from Jack Kellers web site. Scotty...

Hello Wade, was needing some advice. Scotty replied, and I think my mistake was that I did not sanitize the juice prior to pitching the yeast. The recipe that I used was for Welch's all juice which would have had sulfites in it. Also I didn't check the acid, just used the recipe ?

Hey Scotty, I did not sanitize the juice. Maybe that's the problem. I thought too much TA. AS a guideline what is the recipe for 6 gal. including amounts. If you scroll above you can see what I used. Thanks for your help, it's greatly appreciated. I'm going to start another 6 gal. batch, but use...

I've been reading some posts. maybe I should test amount of acid.What is the best method to do this?

That's why I'm wondering about the PH reading of 3.3 . Isn't that in the ballpark of what it should be?