A good friend of mine got me into this hobby/obsession and I'm now ~1 month month into my first batch, Pomegranate. I'm using a recipe my friend gave me;
15 lbs. Sugar
64 oz. POM Brand 100% Pomegranate Juice
7 gallons water
1 pkg. of Red Star Pasteur Red wine yeast
6 tsp of acid
sterilize everything include yourself!
Boil water and dissolve sugar in the bucket
Add 6 Teaspoon of acid
Pour juice into the Carboy
Siphon sugar, water, acid mix into Carboy
Add yeast when room temp
Rack the wine every month until fermentation ceases.
Bottle and enjoy
I didn't know about taking SG measurements when I started or their importance. I went out and bought a hydrometer yesterday and took my first measurement today and had a 1.9. Its fermenting really well, I think, 1 bubble through the s-shaped airlock every 3-4 seconds. Is there a way I can calculate the alcohol content without know the initial SG?
15 lbs. Sugar
64 oz. POM Brand 100% Pomegranate Juice
7 gallons water
1 pkg. of Red Star Pasteur Red wine yeast
6 tsp of acid
sterilize everything include yourself!
Boil water and dissolve sugar in the bucket
Add 6 Teaspoon of acid
Pour juice into the Carboy
Siphon sugar, water, acid mix into Carboy
Add yeast when room temp
Rack the wine every month until fermentation ceases.
Bottle and enjoy
I didn't know about taking SG measurements when I started or their importance. I went out and bought a hydrometer yesterday and took my first measurement today and had a 1.9. Its fermenting really well, I think, 1 bubble through the s-shaped airlock every 3-4 seconds. Is there a way I can calculate the alcohol content without know the initial SG?