Specific Gravity

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Strategies for a Chaptalization Mistake

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Chaptalization

Chaptalization is the act of adding sugar to juice or must in order to increase alcohol content post-fermentation. Learn the basics of this

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Judging Fermentation Completion

Sugar Conversion Tables, Making Wine from Sugar Cane: Wine Wizard

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Sugar Conversion Tables

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Back Sweetening Wine Techniques

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Adding Sugar to your Wine

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Using a Hydrometer

Learn the basics of how and when to use a hydrometer in your winemaking process.

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Sugar and Acid Wine Adjustments

We’d all love to make wine from the perfect grapes picked with ideal sugars, acidity, and pH. Unfortunately, often due to reasons beyond our

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Understanding Brix Readings

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Testing for Dryness, Empty Airlock: Wine Wizard

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How Sweet It Is: Chaptalization

Chaptalization — the practice of adding sugar prior to fermentation — has numerous benefits to wines with low sugar content. Chief among

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Measuring Residual Sugar

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I am getting different gravity readings in my just-crushed juice from samples taken from the top and bottom of the vessel. What’s going on and is there a proper place to take these readings?

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How do I allow for suspended solids when taking hydrometer readings?

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