Riesling - Day Twenty Five

I checked the juice once more today and it had a stable specific gravity of 0.996. Because there were stable readings on two separate days, the fermentation is complete and I was able to stabilize and clear the juice. Stabilizing means that it is not possible for the juice to ferment any more and clearing is the process of removing the cloudiness from the juice. Based on the specific gravity reading from day one and the reading from today, I have determined that the alcohol content of the juice is right around 12%, which is typical for Riesling. With the last step of the process complete, the juice is only two weeks away from bottling.