Calculating Chaptalization Sugar
updated 06/25/2024 This post is inspired by yet another question on WineMakingTalk, asking about how much sugar to buy to chaptalize 50 gallons of cider. Sugar is currently on sale and the questioner knows...
Tagged: specific gravity
Determining Initial Brix / Specific Gravity
updated 01/08/2023 A common question on WineMakingTalk is “What should the initial brix / specific gravity (SG) of a wine be?” The short, but totally unhelpful answer is, “Whatever you want it to be?”...
2021 Finer Wine Kits – Rapid Ferments
last updated 24 February 2022 November 2021 The rapid ferments of the Finer Wines Kits (FWK) I’ve recently started surprised me. Prior to this, I’ve had 2 batches out of well over 100 ferment...