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Yes give it some time for the flavor to take over.If after some time you don't get any flavor you can add some peach juice after you remove some liquid from the carboy. I had the same issue with a strawberry wine.It had to much alcohol and no flavor at all. I waited some time 1-2 months and it...

I usually like to use 4-5 cans of concentrate per gallon. this will give you a fuller flavor and you will not have to add as much sugar cause there is already sugar content in the juice. 1.100 is a good S.G. reading for a 12% wine

It's now in the secondary fermenter for 3 days and still fermenting very well. I did add 4 more cans of welche's white grape raspberry concentrate to top it off.

It's been fermenting very well with just one pack of yeast so i just left it be. Thanks for your input.

Thanks Sarmac. Im using a bucket as my primary and my batch size is 6 gallons.Will i need to pitch more yeast sence im at 6 gallons and not 5?

What he's telling you is that your SG reading 1.135 will not ferment into a dry wine cause the sugar content is so high. This is fine if you like sweeter wines.

Ok guys i pitched my yeast 24 hours ago but im not getting much results yet. Do you think i might need a second pack of yeast to get this going? My SG is at 17%.

Im going with Red Star Champagne yeast.

Thanks Guys. I seperated into two primary's and added some water. Im now at a SG reading of 17%. I will keep you updated. Thanks for the input.

I started a 6 gallon batch of welch's white grape raspberry wine. There is a total of 56 - 12oz cans and about 8 cups of water in this 6 gallon batch. The SG reading was off the hydrometer chart (unmeasureable). Is this going to ruin the wine? Should i split it up into two primary fermenters and...