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Just reading this topic -abit technical for me though being a newbie! spose i dont need anything else to fry my brain but beings im a enquiring mind type of person :oops: just wondered what the acid actually does in wine? and why some home made wines dont need it added? as the wurzels wine does...

Thanks for you quick reply as normal Moley! :clap: I added the campden when syphoned into fresh demi as i believed that it is just used to sterilise and only killed off yeast when used in conjunction with pot sorbate? :wha: im confused now :wha: (that isnt easy as im sure youve guessed!lol)...

ooohh, think ive got a prob with my above mentioned wineo...it wasnt bubbling away about a week ago - reading was 990 and i thought maybe the sugar had all been ate but the yeast was still alive so i added 4oz of sugar i think it was thinking it would 'feed' the yeast (but first i syphoned into...

cheers :cheers: will go do it now!

Ive just purchased a sachet of youngs finings for my wurzels wine (im a wine making virgin so pretty clueless hence this post!) Its in two parts ( A and B) and ive just noticed it says suitable for 5 gallons on the packet...ive only got one demijohn of wine so how do i measure out how much of...

ahh, i think im with ya! lol.so what happens if ive started a wine at 1070 and i think its going to finish at 990 but want to add more sugar to try and get the ABV up?how would you calculate it then? :hmm: or would it not turn out as well because ive added the sugar half way through?

My hydro only goes to 990! :shock: so would the alcohol content be lower or higher the dryer the wine goes :wha: or does that have nothing to do with it? Im still trying to get my head around all this number lark!lol. For example, say if i had a must that started off at 1060/1070 what would...

awww, thanks so much for that then! I was worried when read reading at 1050 after only few days cause didnt think it would drop that quick so soon! Its reading 1010 today, does fermentation always end at 990 or can it go lower than that? :hmm:

Hi Moley, Thanks for the reply. Mistake on my behalf typing 8 pints water twice :oops: I meant to say once.Ive got 1 DJ of it. Do you think i should be adding more sugar? and when do i know to transfer to another DJ? I was thinking it sitting on sediment at the bottom is not good for it...

Hi all, Just joined this forum, some of you may of read my earlier post on the Wurzel's,lol! My first wine ive started is an Elderberry, after doing abit of reading i thought id have a bash , in hindsight i think ive been abit of an impatient beginner by rushing though :oops: as ive since read...