I'm hoping there is a solution to my dilemma.......
I purchased a "kit" from a store, unfortunately I found FVW after I bought my "kit" and was looking for cleaning/sanitizing supplies and bottles. So please go easy on me because I have since bought all my bottles and supplies from George, whom I wish I went to in the first place.
Anyway, here's my dilemma....
I have a Vintners Reserve Chianti that I started. I read the directions that came with my kit, but made (1) fatal mistake. Much to my surprise, I have a (5) gallon carboy and 6 Gallon Primary. When reading the instructions, is states to add water to the "5 Gal Imp"/6 Gal US. I missed the "6 Gallon US" part. So my carboy and primary buckets are (from what I determined) for beer making.
So now I have only (5) gallons of wine in process, not (6) which the kit makes. I took my initial SG and it was 1.080 (Being my first time using it however, in hind site, I may have read it wrong), but now I'm thinking it should have been higher if I only added enough water to make 5 gallons instead of 6.
I kept it in the primary fermenter till the SG was 1.010 (took 7 days at a temp of 72 degrees). Racked it to my carboy (only 5 gallons) and everything seemed to be going great.
So I started looking at what wine kit I was going to buy next, when I noticed most of the kits said they make (6) Gallons! Hmmm...? I went and read through my instructions again, and WHAM! there is was in black and white (5 Imp./6 US Gal).
So, do I have any options? Obviously I will be buying a new Carboy and Primary Fermenter from George, but is there any saving this batch?
Thanks in advance.
I purchased a "kit" from a store, unfortunately I found FVW after I bought my "kit" and was looking for cleaning/sanitizing supplies and bottles. So please go easy on me because I have since bought all my bottles and supplies from George, whom I wish I went to in the first place.
Anyway, here's my dilemma....
I have a Vintners Reserve Chianti that I started. I read the directions that came with my kit, but made (1) fatal mistake. Much to my surprise, I have a (5) gallon carboy and 6 Gallon Primary. When reading the instructions, is states to add water to the "5 Gal Imp"/6 Gal US. I missed the "6 Gallon US" part. So my carboy and primary buckets are (from what I determined) for beer making.
So now I have only (5) gallons of wine in process, not (6) which the kit makes. I took my initial SG and it was 1.080 (Being my first time using it however, in hind site, I may have read it wrong), but now I'm thinking it should have been higher if I only added enough water to make 5 gallons instead of 6.
I kept it in the primary fermenter till the SG was 1.010 (took 7 days at a temp of 72 degrees). Racked it to my carboy (only 5 gallons) and everything seemed to be going great.
So I started looking at what wine kit I was going to buy next, when I noticed most of the kits said they make (6) Gallons! Hmmm...? I went and read through my instructions again, and WHAM! there is was in black and white (5 Imp./6 US Gal).
So, do I have any options? Obviously I will be buying a new Carboy and Primary Fermenter from George, but is there any saving this batch?
Thanks in advance.