top up with sugar water?

wi ll this help at all? will this make the alc higher? will this dilute my wine? will this hurt my wine at all? will this do anything at all? thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! '

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k-dawg
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Need more info. Be careful, if you add to much sugar the yeast might die before they convert all the sugar to alcohol. andy

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andy

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gene

when i top off 6 gallon carboy after 1st racking.will it help or should i stay with a bottle of the the last wine to top up.

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k-dawg

why danger danger! please give me feedback!

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k-dawg

depends on what you are trying to do.

If you add sugar water it will probably start fermenting again. If the sugar water has a lower SG than the starting SG it will dillute the alcohol. If it has a higher SG than the starting SG it will possibly give you a higer alcohol.

If will dilute taste, acidity, etc. The effect on alcohol will be as described above

If you need to dilute the taste or acidity, it may help. If not, it may hurt. It is not a common practice.

In general this is not something that I would recommend. If you kick off the fermentation again you are back to square one as far as clearing and aging. You would be better topping with water if it is only a little topping or with a simular wine if it is more. My favorate way is to just rack into smaller carboys -- maybe several one gallon sizes and a half gallon size for the difference. That way I do not need much toping up at all. If there is a little left over -- well that gets drunk as neuvo wine.

Ray Ray

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Ray Calvert

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