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Last night I decided to make this kit. I had four of them and decided to do them all in the FV. It is the 7th or 8th kit that I have done but the 1st that doesn’t give the OG on the instructions. Also it doesn’t give enough information on the ingredients to work it out.
The main reason for the question is that if I have 25 bottles of something, I would like to know as much as I can about it.
What does it say in the instructions? (on the reverse of the label if I remember correctly
I believe sugar additions are required for this kit, and because you are adding the sugar, you decide what the start SG is, I would make it no more than 1.080
hope that helps
regards
bob
N.G.W.B.J.
Member of 5 Towns Wine and Beer Makers Society (Yorkshire's newest)
Wine, mead and beer maker
Well, I realise that this was a mistake, as I could have worked it out retrospectively, but I didn't take a reading initially as the instructions direct you to top up after 3 days. I now realise that if I had taken the OG I could have worked it out... However I didn't!
Thanks Bob. One other thing that has confused me with these instructions is;
'when the bubbles have stopped, check that fermentation is complete with a hydrometer. It should have a constant reading of 1.002 or below'
Why would this not continue fermenting untlil .990?
Thanks
Matt
All yeasts have a maximum tolerance i.e. % ABV that they'll achieve. So I'd have thought it'd be highly likely, that they've worked in on a basis of the kit plus X amount of sugar, would give a gravity of Y...... plus a yeast that will give Z % ABV, so they can say that it should be a constant 1.002 or lower (and 0.990 is lower)
There's a direct correlation between the gravity and how many points drop during the ferment and the strength it's achieved - Bob has an alcohol conversion chart in the wine section.......
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IMHO, some of these Young's kits are better a bit sweeter. The strawberry, gooseberry and elderflower for instance. The instructions give a rough gravity for the various kinds of wine. I stop mine before they get too dry. Some of mine have got down to 0.990 when I've forgotten about them.
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