koko65
Onno
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Hello All.
I am new to wine making and have yet to bottle my first kit. The kits seem straight forward enough and I have been in the food industry since '79 so I have a good idea about cleanliness and recipes.
I reviewed about 20lbs of plums from a neighbour and decided to try a plum wine. I found a recipe I liked over the web and had at it. I scaled the recipe to make 12 L of wine. When I added everything into the primary I goofed and added all 12L of water instead of up to the 12L mark. This ended up filling the primary near the 23L mark. I added all the plums I had to compensate for the excess water and increased the sugar till a SG. of 1085 was reached. I tasted the mix it does taste like good juice, though sweet.
My question is that I also doubled the yeast to two packets. Will this affect the final wine or just speed up the fermentation process? Will in need to increase the sulfites to stabilize the wine?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Onno
I am new to wine making and have yet to bottle my first kit. The kits seem straight forward enough and I have been in the food industry since '79 so I have a good idea about cleanliness and recipes.
I reviewed about 20lbs of plums from a neighbour and decided to try a plum wine. I found a recipe I liked over the web and had at it. I scaled the recipe to make 12 L of wine. When I added everything into the primary I goofed and added all 12L of water instead of up to the 12L mark. This ended up filling the primary near the 23L mark. I added all the plums I had to compensate for the excess water and increased the sugar till a SG. of 1085 was reached. I tasted the mix it does taste like good juice, though sweet.
My question is that I also doubled the yeast to two packets. Will this affect the final wine or just speed up the fermentation process? Will in need to increase the sulfites to stabilize the wine?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Onno