I am new to wine making - so perhaps i am in wrong forum, but here is my question. It relates to a 6.5 gallon carboy i have been using.
I am in process of making a batch of elderberry wine from dried berries. initial SG in fermentor 1.101, left it in 5 days went to 1.00, then transferred to 6.5 gallon carboy. I added more water in the fermentor to compensate i thought, but forgot about loss of fruit volume. anyway way short from full, so i added 1.5 liter of wine (commercial bought red)and 5 qts of water to top off. now i am wondering if my wine will be to low in alcohol to keep.
If i did my math right i figure i had 13.5% alchohol before diluting to 10% with the water. Its been in the carboy for 3 days. about an inch of what looks like pulp in the bottom. I am wondering if i should rerack and add sugar to get alchohol content up?
I am in process of making a batch of elderberry wine from dried berries. initial SG in fermentor 1.101, left it in 5 days went to 1.00, then transferred to 6.5 gallon carboy. I added more water in the fermentor to compensate i thought, but forgot about loss of fruit volume. anyway way short from full, so i added 1.5 liter of wine (commercial bought red)and 5 qts of water to top off. now i am wondering if my wine will be to low in alcohol to keep.
If i did my math right i figure i had 13.5% alchohol before diluting to 10% with the water. Its been in the carboy for 3 days. about an inch of what looks like pulp in the bottom. I am wondering if i should rerack and add sugar to get alchohol content up?