Sg 1.2 !!!!!

[John Prince]

8 pounds of skittles and 14 cups of sugar! Will this ferment?

 

[Runningwolf]

Yes, just make a good strong starter.

 

[ShawnDTurner]

Yes.. You will need to add Nutrients and Energizer

 

[John Prince]

Thanks, I added nutrients and energizers. Hydrated the yeast.

 

[botigol]

Depending on how you hydrated the yeast the fermentation may be slow to get going. Make sure that you aerate your must VERY well also. With so much sugar the yeast are going to need a lot of oxygen to go with the nutrients in order to keep going.

 

[hvac36]

Why so much sugar?

 

[Julie]

Why so much sugar?

I don't think I would add any sugar at all. There should be plenty from the skittles.

 

[ShawnDTurner]

What type of yeast are you using?

 

[cpfan]

8 pounds of skittles and 14 cups of sugar! Will this ferment?

S.G. 1.2

Do you really mean 1.200? If so, I wonder how you measured it. My hydrometer only goes up to 1.150.

Probably you meant 1.120, which is high (16%). Or perhaps 1.020 or 1.002, which are both quite low, but with that amount of sugar would indicate that fermentation has progressed nicely.

Steve

 

[John Prince]

EC-1118 was the yeast. Yes it was 1.12 SG I misread it. I'm not sure on the sugar amount. I made some apple juice wine and added 15 cups for 6 gallons so I did the same for skittles. I should find out in the next day or two if it's going to ferment.

 

[Julie]

EC-1118 was the yeast. Yes it was 1.12 SG I misread it. I'm not sure on the sugar amount. I made some apple juice wine and added 15 cups for 6 gallons so I did the same for skittles. I should find out in the next day or two if it's going to ferment.

For future reference when adding sugar, only add what is need to bring to a specific gravity. that high of a gravity reading is going to give you rought about 16% ABV, which is pretty high for a fruit flavored wine.

 

[John Prince]

Could I stop the fermentation early? Add sorbate and bottle? Will Fruit favored wine at 16% ABV taste too strong?

 

[saramc]

Could I stop the fermentation early? Add sorbate and bottle? Will Fruit favored wine at 16% ABV taste too strong?

The skittles wine may taste fine at 16%, for most wines to be classified as dessert wines they have to be at least 15%--for some perspective. You may want to check out pasteurizing because stopping a ferment with sorbate and k-meta is not 100%.