Winemaking - How much sugar to add?
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:03 pm
I read a few tutorials on winemaking but none of them tell you how much sugar to use. Do you have to check the label of the fruit juice your using to find out how much sugar is already in it then add more until you get to the right amount?
I still have no idea how much your supposed to add. I know that too little sugar and the wine will have low alcohol content and too much sugar and the wine will be way too sweet. I read that some winemakers add the sugar in steps throughout the fermentation.
One other question I had was if using honey instead of granulated sugar will ruin the taste of the wine or not. I just added yeast to two 3 liter bottles of concentrated apple/blackcurrent juice (I diluted it of course) and added only about a table spoon of granulated sugar to each bottle but one of the bottles I decided to add a cup of water that had about 3 tablespoons of honey dissolved in it. I'll see how it turns out in the end.
I still have no idea how much your supposed to add. I know that too little sugar and the wine will have low alcohol content and too much sugar and the wine will be way too sweet. I read that some winemakers add the sugar in steps throughout the fermentation.
One other question I had was if using honey instead of granulated sugar will ruin the taste of the wine or not. I just added yeast to two 3 liter bottles of concentrated apple/blackcurrent juice (I diluted it of course) and added only about a table spoon of granulated sugar to each bottle but one of the bottles I decided to add a cup of water that had about 3 tablespoons of honey dissolved in it. I'll see how it turns out in the end.