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Jack
 
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Default "Normal" size for a batch of wine

I've read that a typical kit makes 5 gallons. However, I've also read
16 bottles, which if my math is correct correlates to about 4 gallons.
Does the amount of wine produced vary from kit to kit, or am I
missing something?
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Jason
 
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Jack,

I always use 1 gallon = 5.05 bottles (see math pasted below).

I never made wine from a kit, but, most of the ones I've seen advertised
yield 6 gallons.

Jason

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1 US gallons = 3 785.4118 ml

750 (ml/bottle) ÷ 3 785.4118 (ml/gal) = 0.1981 gallons/bottle

1 gallon ÷ 0.1981 (gallons/bottle) = 5.047 bottles of wine.

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> I've read that a typical kit makes 5 gallons. However, I've also read
> 16 bottles, which if my math is correct correlates to about 4 gallons.
> Does the amount of wine produced vary from kit to kit, or am I
> missing something?



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MikeMTM
 
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Default "Normal" size for a batch of wine

Jack,

I'm not sure if all kits make the same amount, but I think a standard
750 ml bottle is just under 4/5 of a quart, or about 1/5 of a gallon.
Five gallons should yield close to 24 or 25 bottles, depending on how
you rack, top off, etc. (U.S. measurement)

HTH, Mike MTM

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Ray
 
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Default "Normal" size for a batch of wine

I have run into a few small batch kits that only make 3 or 4 gal.s, but most
kits make 23 liters. That is 6 US gal's or 5 British gal's. I usually get
25-27 bottles out of them after racking loss.

Ray

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> 16 bottles, which if my math is correct correlates to about 4 gallons.
> Does the amount of wine produced vary from kit to kit, or am I
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