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Hello! First time wine maker here. I got ten gallons of juice from crushed apples and pears. We added white sugar, nutrient powder, peptic enzyme powder, campden tablets, and anti-oxident powder per recipe and let sit one day. Then added 1 pack "Red Star" yeast and 1 pack "Lavine EC1118" yeast. We did not take the starting specific gravity, but we did stir daily. Seven days later we tested the must and to our surprise it had a specific gravity of .99 (less than 1.) What now?? We were going to rack into 5 gal car-buoys. Should we do this or should we do something else first?

Is fermentation done?

Thanks in advance!!
 
Fermentation is done. Rack to secondary. Leave behind any lees on the bottom.
 
Also agree. You may want to take the sediment and place that into a gallon just as well. The sediment will further settle and you might end up with a bottle or two more.
 
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