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Default SG during fermentation - Pomegranate Wine

On Nov 23, 3:59*pm, Casey Wilson > wrote:
> I'm instructions from a kit to make a batch of pomegranate wine. The
> kit was successful so I thought the process steps would work with the
> fruit wine. I'm not an expert by any means, but I do have grasp of the
> fundamentals.
>
> I started with an SG of 1.07 and today it is down to 1.048.
> Fermentation is slow, but steady.
>
> Here's my question--the instructions say to rack the wine at or below,
> but not above, 1.020. Can anyone tell me what is magic about 1.020?
> I'm not challenging the instruction, I'm just trying to understand a
> fine point.


That was... I'm using instructions....