Re: Newbie Question

I'm about to get going on an Island Mist again, tried the black rasberry 
and loved it, now am going to start a strawberry wine.  With the first 
batch that was made the SG dropped below 1.100, down to somewhere like 
.990 in just one day.  This didn't seem to affect the wine at all.  The 
finished product has been well recived by everyone that has tried it.  
With the strawberry wine, i have had the thought of increasing the 
alcohol, so i'm going to buy some more sugar with my water tonight.

The only thing that i think would hold me back from leaving the 
hydrometer in the primary is the fact that it is much harder to read.  
At least this is what i think.  Please tell me if you have any problems 
reading that way, reading in the contaner drives me nuts because the 
hydrometer is almost always leaning against the walls.


[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Insprucegrove) wrote in
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> I have always just stuck the hydrometer in the must right at the
> start--and I leave it floating in there during the primary
> fermentation.  You can see it starting to drop once fermentation
> starts and by the end of the week you are usually down to where you
> want to be.  I figure why take it out and santize it each time...it is
> in the must all the time so what harm can it do? 
> 
> Works for me anyway.....