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adding water to wine

Hi....I just started my first red wine kit(vineco-legacy-cab sauv)...although i've made wine from my own grapes for 2 seasons now.Its a 16 litre kit and I needed to add 7 litres to bring it up to

23 litres.However I may have had a brain bubble and added an extra 1 litre by mistake(of course a mistake)......My question....how is this going to affect the finished product?.....The starting SG was...1.080 ..which is the low end of the suggested target range.....thanks...andy jones....up in the frozen north(new brunswick,canada).....its been-25C for the last 7 days YIKES.........
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Andy j.
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Hi Andy: I wouldn't worry--the difference 1 litre in 23 makes is a little over 4%. You'll have a slightly lighter bodied product than you might have otherwise, but it'll still be good. If you like, you could fix this by getting a half a litre of grape juice concentrate from your home brew shop to put in. Regardless, you'll have a little extra volume when you rack into the carboy, so have a couple of sanitised wine bottles fitted with airlocks on hand to take the overflow. It'll be useful when it comes time to top up at the end of fermentation.

I sympathise, but not much. I live in Alberta. That's mild winter weather around here. (Though lately we've been having something springlike--6-10 for the last week. It won't last.)

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Leslie Gadallah

I would not worry about it either at this point.

If it ends up tasting thin, you could freeze a gallon solid and then let it thaw over a funnel; then add the runnoff back and throw out the ice chunk when it looks like it's mostly water.

It about 0 F here in Pittburgh, so I'm not feeling your pain either. It only sounds warmer... :o)

Regards, Joe

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Joe Sallustio

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