Hey everyone new to the forum and appreciate any help or insight anyone has into this
So I recently bought a 6 gal cab sauv juice pail from my local store. However the juice pail was probably 2.5 - 3 weeks old at this point. They're fresh juice shipment comes in mid May and I bought mine early June
When I got home and tested with my hydrometer I was hitting 1.040...so after consulting an online calculator I was told to add roughly 5 lbs of sugar to bring it up to 1.092. I added 85% of the 5lbs and only hit 1.070. I then recalculated and it said to add roughly 2 lbs to get from 1.070 to 1.092. (And just as a side note I added sugar by boiling it in some of my juice each time not just dumping it in. I even let it sit for 1 hr with stirring every 15min to allow it to settle.) so I then only hit 1.084 before I had to add another 8oz of sugar again using the methods described above. Long story short I eventually got to 1.090 @ 80 degrees (which is roughly 1.092/3 when correcting for temp). I then decided to test again in the AM before I pitched the yeast just to allow settling and cooling and get a final reading.
So I checked it and got 1.070 this morning. Took a ton of readings and even stirred the bottom trying to check if any sugar feel out of solution. Nothing.....not sure what could explain any of this but would love to hear anybody's insight or prior expirience with this type of problem. Thanks!
*also as a side not I spoke with the salesperson and these pails have nothing added to them, yeast, sulfites, or otherwise...just a pail of juice
So I recently bought a 6 gal cab sauv juice pail from my local store. However the juice pail was probably 2.5 - 3 weeks old at this point. They're fresh juice shipment comes in mid May and I bought mine early June
When I got home and tested with my hydrometer I was hitting 1.040...so after consulting an online calculator I was told to add roughly 5 lbs of sugar to bring it up to 1.092. I added 85% of the 5lbs and only hit 1.070. I then recalculated and it said to add roughly 2 lbs to get from 1.070 to 1.092. (And just as a side note I added sugar by boiling it in some of my juice each time not just dumping it in. I even let it sit for 1 hr with stirring every 15min to allow it to settle.) so I then only hit 1.084 before I had to add another 8oz of sugar again using the methods described above. Long story short I eventually got to 1.090 @ 80 degrees (which is roughly 1.092/3 when correcting for temp). I then decided to test again in the AM before I pitched the yeast just to allow settling and cooling and get a final reading.
So I checked it and got 1.070 this morning. Took a ton of readings and even stirred the bottom trying to check if any sugar feel out of solution. Nothing.....not sure what could explain any of this but would love to hear anybody's insight or prior expirience with this type of problem. Thanks!
*also as a side not I spoke with the salesperson and these pails have nothing added to them, yeast, sulfites, or otherwise...just a pail of juice