Plum wine question
 

I'm new at wine making, I started a batch of plum at start the must
was 1.083 - 11% alcohol I left the must in vat for 7 days now have a
reading 1.000 - 0% I did the math should be 11% alcohol , Should I
add more sugar or just leave it be.
Thanks

Plum wine question
 

Leave it.
We make wine for the joy and taste not to produce high alcohol. If looking
for higher % add sugar before adding yeast. This will bring up the SG
1.080-1.095 is normal range for most wines.
Tom

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"James" > wrote in message
...
> I'm new at wine making, I started a batch of plum at start the must
> was 1.083 - 11% alcohol I left the must in vat for 7 days now have a
> reading 1.000 - 0% I did the math should be 11% alcohol , Should I
> add more sugar or just leave it be.
> Thanks
>

Plum wine question
 

"James" > wrote in message
...
> I'm new at wine making, I started a batch of plum at start the must
> was 1.083 - 11% alcohol I left the must in vat for 7 days now have a
> reading 1.000 - 0% I did the math should be 11% alcohol , Should I
> add more sugar or just leave it be.
> Thanks

The formula I use to calculate alcohol percentage in the finished wine is

(Starting SG - Ending SG) / 0.736

With your numbers, this gives 11.28%, which is a reasonable alcohol level.
I'd leave it as is. When I first started making wine, I aimed for a higher
alcohol content but found that my wines tasted better in the 11% to 13%
range; less harsh alcohol bite.

Paul