Concord getting close

[RedNeckWino]

My concord wine got backsweetend to SG 1.021, and taste is great. Out of 6 gallons I put away 2 gallons for dry (0.950), 3 gallons sweet, and 1 gallon sweetened and fortified with an 80 proof brandy. Most of this will age, but I do have a party to go to tonight. 1 gallon of sweet is being sacrificed. Thank God I still have 20or so gallons in 3 other flavors to get me through. Cherry, White Zin, and a holiday blend of Cranberry-Pomegranate-Raspberry.

 

[Flame145]

your making me thirsty

 

[grapeman]

Sounds good. One question I have- did you mean it is dry at 0.995 and not 0.950? I have never heard of a wine getting that low. The lowest I have ever gotten was 0.990.

Have fun at the party!

 

[Runningwolf]

Sounds good. I made two batches of Concord myself. The last one is in cold stabilization right now. I'll be blending one with Niagara and the other with Diamond.

 

[RedNeckWino]

Kinda guessing at the .950 as the hydrometer sinks till fully submerged. I have never had a wine do this before. I did have a stuck fermentation at 1.015. Wanted to ferment dry so I re-sugared back to 1.095 (same as original start). Restarted fermentation ......Alcohol is super high. Kind of a trial thing I guess. You ever get a feeling that your not sure how it would turn out...So ya just do it? Then I let it ferment under an air lock for a few weeks. Might have to do the same next year, but with 4x more grapes.

 

[Wade E]

You started a wine at 1.095 and then brought it back up to there, at what point might I ask did you bring the sg back up?

 

[RedNeckWino]

I restarted from 1.015. Took it up to 1.095 tossed in another pack of yeast and let it go. Should have seen that air lock dance.