when to sweeten

[suzie]

Hi, having racked a 5 gallon red wine kit this morning and added stabilisers. I am de-gassing it all day today and the finings need to be added tomorrow. It got an FG of 0.995 and is very dry. Too dry for me. (when it had a reading of 1.005 it was just nice for me) So I want to sweeten it.

How much sugar do I sweeten it with and how do I do it?
Also at what stage do I sweeten it?

thank you

suzie

 

[evanvine]

1 oz sugar per gall will raise the sg by nearly 2.5 points.
You are looking to raise it by 10 points, so will need to add about 4 oz per gall.
Make sure your yeast is no longer active, else it will start fermenting again.

 

[Moley]

Hi Suzie, you can sweeten at any time after racking and stabilising.

To bring one gallon back up by 10 points you need 4.25oz, 120g of sugar, so that's 600g for your 5 gallons.

Boil that in a small saucepan with around 300ml water, then put the lid on and allow to cool.








:lol: Jim beat me to it by a few seconds, but at least our numbers match :thumb:

 

[suzie]

Thank you for you quick replies,

Thats great thanks. I will do now then before adding finings.

You are always so full of good knowlege. How would I manage without you guys on this site :clap: