I'm having great fun trying to operate my little winery at full capacity. Today I moved 5 gallons of Blueberry & Cranberry wine to DJ's (from a 5 gallon fermenting vessel). Well I thought it was 5 gallons but actually turned out to be 4 and a bit. It looked like it was about 2 litres short of a full 5 gallons.
So I have made one gallon into a "special". As its a light wine anyway I decided not to top up with a sugar solution alone as this would risk making the wine too thin. So I used a litre of white grape juice (gravity 1070) and a litre of sugar solution (gravity 1090). The result is that the wine will retain it's OG of 1080 ish. I thought any little adjustment after that could be made with water alone ... but it turned out that exactly 2 litres of liquid was needed!
So next time you see "special" or "limited edition" on a bottle you might wonder a little more than you did before ;-)
I'll be playing with next 5 gallon batch of the same wine tomorrow.
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