Re: [E-Z-Caps] Adding Sugar? Beware!

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It does that if you try to add after the fermentation is complete
too. Adding anything to a carbonated beverage will make it erupt. The only
way to do it is to add the sugar VERY quickly and be VERY fast getting the
cap screwed on again. It takes a little practice but it does work.

At 04:49 PM 1/16/2005 +0000, you wrote:


>I started a batch using Welch's Grape/Raspberry juice, to which I
>usually add 8 oz of sugar. While mixing, I discovered I had only 6
>oz in the house. I used it, and planned to put in the remaining 2
>oz of sugar the next day.
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>After shopping, I carefully unscrewed the E-Z Cap and dumped in the
>sugar, which caused the contents of the bottle to erupt in a geyser
>of wine. Wine hit the 8 foot high cieling, and a wall 12 feet away.
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>I don't know it there is a proper way to add sugar when your wine is
>fermenting vigorously, but just dumping it in will cause you to
>spend the next hour cleaning, and cost you about half your yummy
>wine.
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>SFC
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