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So I took my first stab at making wine. It was a fruit wine I made with a bunch of cherry plums I grew. Now I started with an og of about 1.070 now 10 days later I have racked it to carboys and when I test it its coming up with a gravity reading of .95 I didn't think it was supposed to drop that fast. Did I do it right? Am I gonna be alright?
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shouldn't read lower than .990. Did you do your temperature correction for your hydrometer?
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>1.070 SG
That's a pretty low starting gravity for wine so it's easily possible it finished out within 10 days. What kind of yeast did you use? I usually shoot for 1.095 -1.110 with my blueberry using Lavlin EC1118. It takes anywhere from 1-2 months to get to .990 FG. Pic related, these have been fermenting for a little over 3 weeks in these secondaries and it's still going. Probably rack again in a few days.
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I was using the same yeast as you. It was pretty warm so maybe it went crazy or something. Not too sure but it was reading around what dessert wine should be on my hydrometer so I figure for sure it was almost too sugary.
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