Over sweetened

[x_diver]

I bought some black currant and Pinot noir from homewinery.com and made 5 gallons of each. I also bought a pint of each extra to sweeten.

After fermentation was done and I added potassium sorbate, I added the whole pint of extra to sweeten. I have no idea why I didn't add a little at a time and taste - dame bamage I guess.

Anyway, it came out a little too sweet for my taste. So I considered my options:

- make another 5 gallon batch (minus the sweetening part) and blend the two.
- add water to dilute.

Other suggestions?

 

[firejohn03]

Blend....Watered down is watered down.

 

[LoneStarLori]

I vote blend too. Even if its something else. Do you have anything really dry on hand? Doesn't have to be 50/50. You can just keep adding it until you are happy.

 

[dralarms]

Blend. I use their stuff all the time.

 

[Wiz]

Another option is to send it to my wife. She loves sweet wines.

 

[garymc]

I did both. I watered it down first. That was a mistake. So I made some rocket fuel and blended it. Won first place in a wine tasting competition with it.

 

[jamesngalveston]

hands down...blend....you came this far, forget the water.

 

[vernsgal]

it's a definite blend! I find their concentrates a little week to start so I wouldn't water

 

[FTC Wines]

I'm blending my over sweet homewinery cab today! Made a 6 gal batch last March with 3 qts of concentrate, ( ILO 2 qts for5 gals) I back sweetened it with a little blackberry Brandy & simple sugar. All said & done it turned out SG 1.005, too sweet for a cab! OPPS! I have a 3 mo old Cab of there's made to normal specs (SG .992) going to bench test a 50/50 blend & see how it tastes. If still too sweet I'll change the ratio to suit. Know a Lady or 2 that will like the "sweet Cab" Roy

 

[x_diver]

Blending it is. I'll let you know how it turns out. Thanks everyone.

 

[x_diver]

After letting it sit for a week, my wife and I tried it before figuring out how to blend it. Turns out, it is now just fine. Learned a valuable lesson - try it, sweeten a little if necessary, let sit for a week or so, try it again, repeat if necessary.

 

[vernsgal]

After letting it sit for a week, my wife and I tried it before figuring out how to blend it. Turns out, it is now just fine. Learned a valuable lesson - try it, sweeten a little if necessary, let sit for a week or so, try it again, repeat if necessary.

age usually cures all

 

[x_diver]

Yeah, except for my knee.

 

[cmason1957]

Yeah, except for my knee.

They have really good surgeries for that problem.

 

[vernsgal]

They have really good surgeries for that problem.

Lol I've had that arthroscopic surgery done twice on my right knee and once on my left.

 

[cmason1957]

Yeah, I just had my right knee scoped two weeks ago. Thankfully it is healing really well. Hopefully back to nearly full speed in another week or so.

 

[cimbaliw]

I'm glad you waited XD, I had some Raspberry Merlot that was way too sweet for my liking. Over time it's really come into it's own. It's still sweet but much more complex and has become a nice addition to the cellar.