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I am making plum wine. I started this batch at the beginning of September. Between each step I sterilized everything very well. Here is what I did so far in this order:
The recipe I followed said to do all of the above and let sit for 6 months and it would product some pretty strong wine.
I started reading more recipes and it says to siphon the wine off, getting as much wine as possible 5-7 days after starting.
At 2 months, I got really concerned after reading the other recipes and immediately siphoned the wine into another sterile carboy and recapped with the s-shaped airlock.
I took a reading with my hydrometer and it reads:
4.5% alcohol
9% sugar
35% specific gravity
I am wondering if I did this correctly? Did I mess up the entire batch or am I not being patient enough. I tasted the wine and it is very sweet and does have a hint of alcohol. It' s not bad by any means, just lacks the alcohol content.
Please help.
- Rinsed, cut and pitted 20 lbs of plums
- Let plums sit in 4 gallons of water and Pectic Enzyme for 3-4 days
- Removed the fruit
- Transfered into a 5 gallon carboy
- Dissolved 10 lbs of sugar in 1 gallon of warm water
- Added sugar/water to carboy
- Added yeast to carboy
- Capped with a s-shaped airlock and rubber stopper
The recipe I followed said to do all of the above and let sit for 6 months and it would product some pretty strong wine.
I started reading more recipes and it says to siphon the wine off, getting as much wine as possible 5-7 days after starting.
At 2 months, I got really concerned after reading the other recipes and immediately siphoned the wine into another sterile carboy and recapped with the s-shaped airlock.
I took a reading with my hydrometer and it reads:
4.5% alcohol
9% sugar
35% specific gravity
I am wondering if I did this correctly? Did I mess up the entire batch or am I not being patient enough. I tasted the wine and it is very sweet and does have a hint of alcohol. It' s not bad by any means, just lacks the alcohol content.
Please help.
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