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Following on from the Cabernet Sauvignon-Pinot Noir blend I made a couple of months ago, I've now started the promised Merlot-Cabernet Sauvignon blend.
Again it's 50-50% with a slack handful of oak chips thrown in.
The Merlot kit came with a packet of 'chips' but it would be more accurate to describe it as dust, so I also added some of the normal chips HBO sell.
Messed up a bit, though...both kits make about 4.5L each, so combined it would be about 9L.
Suffering from brain-fade, I added both bags of wine ( about 3L in total ) then proceeded to add 9L of water !!
Unsurprisingly, with a total mix of about 12L the SG was well down on what it should be ( 1.062 as opposed to about 1.085-1.09 )
No worries, thinks I, I'll add some brewing sugar to raise the SG.....only to find I haven't got any.
I've ordered some more, but as the batch has already been started I'll have to add it later then do a rough calculation on what difference it'll make to the SG ( from memory, about 500g sugar should raise it from 1.06 to 1.09 )
Again it's 50-50% with a slack handful of oak chips thrown in.
The Merlot kit came with a packet of 'chips' but it would be more accurate to describe it as dust, so I also added some of the normal chips HBO sell.
Messed up a bit, though...both kits make about 4.5L each, so combined it would be about 9L.
Suffering from brain-fade, I added both bags of wine ( about 3L in total ) then proceeded to add 9L of water !!
Unsurprisingly, with a total mix of about 12L the SG was well down on what it should be ( 1.062 as opposed to about 1.085-1.09 )
No worries, thinks I, I'll add some brewing sugar to raise the SG.....only to find I haven't got any.
I've ordered some more, but as the batch has already been started I'll have to add it later then do a rough calculation on what difference it'll make to the SG ( from memory, about 500g sugar should raise it from 1.06 to 1.09 )
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It's a shame you can't add DME or LME as I've got plenty of that
Tested the SG & it's already down to 0.996 ( about 8.7% ABV )
I didn't bother weighing it, I just added enough sugar to take it back up to around 1.02 ( 1.022 to be precise )
In theory, that difference ( .026 ) added to the original SG should make it up to around 1.088
Not 100% accurate, but it shouldn't be that far out.
If it gets down to around .996 again, that should make it just over 12% ABV.
It's now down to .991 which is a lot better than I expected.
If my calculations were correct and the SG was effectively 1.088, that would mean an ABV of around 12.5-12.75
Not added any finings etc. to clear it yet, so it' still cloudy, but it tastes OK.
When I do 'bottle' it, I'll be sticking the bulk of it into 2x 5L 'bag-in-a-box'.
I'm contemplating chucking some oak chips in with one of the bags, to see what effect it has.....anyone tried this?