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Got my Dragon Blood bottled this morning first time making wine and I enjoyed it a lot! I used the same exact original recipe and it tastes awesome can’t wait until the flavors come out in a few months. I got almost 30 bottles filled, the 4 shown are to enjoy while the rest sit.

I see what you’re saying. That makes complete sense now.

Awesome! I’m glad I’m on track and thankful for such an awesome forum. Thanks a lot for the help and clearing up my confusion. But I agree! I 13.13% just came up on the calculator I didn’t mean to correct you. Going by a whole number sounds better to me anyways!

You beat me to it I literally found out and calculated my ABV and posted right after you did. But yes I did stabilize when I first racked it and allowed it to clear for a week and half.

So I went and found how to calculate ABV and my starting SG was 1.090 and my ending was 0.990 so my ABV comes out to be 13.13% ABV (using a calculated)

Thank you for taking the time to reply to my post I appreciate it. I did not know that knowing the SG after fermentation tells you nothing so I apologize I will have to check how to calculate ABV. I edited my post, the added sugar was from me just today adding the 3/4 cup per gallon as Dave...

I have a question I just racked my wine again once more and I’m supposed to wait another week before bottling. I checked the specific gravity and it’s at 1.010 Before I moved wine into my carboy from primary my SG was at 1 line below 0.990 for 3-4 days and at a constant 75.5 degrees is this OK...

That’s great to hear, I really look forward to making my first batch!

How long would you recommend aging this DD's Dragon Blood or what's the longest someone has aged it so far?

Noted, I added your modifications to the word document I saved the recipe in! I will definitely do what you suggested.

Sounds good thank you! And when I bottle it I'm assuming like any other wine I can age it for as long as I'd like without adding anything more to it?

First sorry for using the D word, I'm Italian myself and I don't mean to offend anybody. I'll refrain from using it in the future and refer it from now on as "Family Red". Thank you for your response and answering my question I really appreciate it.

Sorry after I read it more I guess I had a few more questions than I thought lol

I read somewhere about a family red recipe that went bad and turned into vinegar?? Not sure what they did, I just want to make sure that when I make this I can age it for however long I want without worrying about anything going bad. I'm new to winemaking so sorry for the newbie questions. I'm...

How long can you age "Family Red" for? Does it go bad? I'm new to wine making and this will be the first batch I'm going to be making off of Jack Kellers website.. http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/request172.asp