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Thanks for the welcome and thanks for the offer Meridien, I'd not thought of that as an option. I'm in the ACT, so only a few hours away. I'll certainly keep that in mind as I move forward with this hobby 👍

Thanks again. Your reference to winning the lottery and the explanation behind that makes a lot of sense and I'll certainly head down the path of cultured strains starting with the EC-1118. If I'm lucky enough in future to be able to make a few different batches out of one harvest, I might try a...

Thanks Winemaker81. Just for clarification (no pun intended), the grapes were picked at a brix of 23 and after being semi-dried rose up to a brix of 27. I went with the wild yeast option as there are vineyards near me using that method very successful, so I thought it worth a go. I'll have to...

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Ok, just checked the current SG and got 1.040. Using the equation the ABV (alcohol by volume) = (OG - FG) * 131.25 ABV = (1.115 - 1.040) * 131.25 ABV = 9.84% Based on the inital Brix of 27 I think I should be ending up with around 16%. Happy to be corrected on that? Does that mean I probably...

No worries, I just did a search for brix to sg and found a conversion website 👍 A 27 Brix converts to an SG of 1.1150. I'll get a current SG and go from there. Thanks again.

Thanks, I give that a try. How do you compare the brix value against a hydrometer value?

Thanks for the reply. I do have a hydrometer, it there any benefit in pressing the grapes I have and checking it's specific gravity or it that pointless without a pre fermentation value to compare against? My objective to simply know if the fermentation is completed to dry?

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Hi, I appreciate this is probably a common question, but this may have a slightly different twist to the norm. I'm only new to wine making (I'm introduced myself in the new members forum) and have possibly dived into the deep end for a beginner wine maker. For my first attempt at making wine...

Hi All, I've been home brewing beer for a long time with a few significant breaks along the way. More recently I've been looking into wine making and have has a variety of grapes vines over the years. Unfortunately, until this year I've learn more about the things that ruin harvests such as...