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I have 5 gallons pretty much ready to bottle. I'd like to sweeten the batch without disturbing/aerating the wine too much. Should I make a batch of sugar water and add to it? I'm sure I shouldn't just add sugar to the wine and vigorously stir.

Thanks for the tip Rod. Any app in particular you suggest?

Thanks so much Heather.

Thanks a bunch heatherd. I guess I'm very confused because my hydrometer also reads the alcohol by volume.

Also, after tasting it, it has a decent alcohol burn to it, tastes pretty good. Sweetened the glass and it tastes like a pretty darn good sweet table wine. So, is this just a glorified pear juice I'm drinking at this point?

Hello all, I'm new to wine making and I gave this recipe a try: http://www.eckraus.com/winerecipes/pearwine.pdf I followed to the tee. I'm almost at my 5 week mark on my 2nd fermentation. I use my thief and hydrometer to get a reading of 0.986 (negative alcohol level). How can I get my alcohol...

Thanks everyone for the info.

Thanks for the input rayway

I'm a wine making newbie and was wondering one thing. I've read on this and other sites where pear has a subtle taste and very little water should be added when making pear wine. My question is this, instead of using 20-30 lbs of fresh pears, pressing them down or freezing them, and pressing...