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I have a question though, my wines are taking about 6 weeks minimum to ferment out, others on this forum are saying theirs are done in 2 weeks. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Am I using too much sugar?
Probably a temperature issue and/or lack of yeast food. If you ferment too cold it's going to take more time. I always use some yeast food.
 
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I have a question though, my wines are taking about 6 weeks minimum to ferment out, others on this forum are saying theirs are done in 2 weeks. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Am I using too much sugar?

A gallon (4.5 litres) demijohn takes roughly 7 - 9 days to ferment even in a cool house.

How much and what yeast did you use and did you use yeast nutrient?
 
A gallon (4.5 litres) demijohn takes roughly 7 - 9 days to ferment even in a cool house.

How much and what yeast did you use and did you use yeast nutrient?
I just used bog standard Ritchie's wine yeast, about a teaspoons worth. I didn't use any nutrient so I'm starting to think that might be the issue.
 
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