Topping Up

I decided to add white grape juice to the quickie elderflower gallon that needed topping up, rather than sugar solution. Why? Well there isn't much juice in this wine anyway (2 litres/gallon) so topping up without some more fruit juice seems a bit optimistic, especially when a litre was needed. The juice weighs in with an OG of 1070, so it's not dissimilar to the OG of the original brew, I may adjust it with a little sugar solution for the last 100ml or so, to maintain additions with a very close gravity to the OG. It just makes calculating the %ABV easier.

These additions should make this gallon of wine noticeably different to the other 4 gallons started from the same base brew. I'm not sure how much so, it'll be interesting to see when the time comes. It will of course need a little longer as this gallon will be fermenting for some time yet, while the others have more or less stopped and will be degassed and stabilised soon.