Saturday, October 7, 2017

Wine batch #1

Bottle day 5-16-18

  • Final gravity: 1.006
  • Tastes very much like grapes, tiny taste of sweet but mostly sour
  • Liquid is kinda cloudy
  • Mental note: double the sugar next time
  • Bottled 14 750ml bottles

Third stage fermentation 10-29-17

  • Transferred batch #1 to secondary rack
  • Added two campden tablets
  • Placed in lagering frig at 65F
  • Reading: 1.000

Second stage fermentation: 9-23-17

  • Transferred batch #1 to secondary rack
  • Added two campden tablets
  • Placed in lagering frig at 65F

First stage fermentation on 9-17-17

  • First 1/2 gallon reading: 1.050
  • Added 1 cup of sugar
  • Second 1/2 gallon reading: 1.054
  • Added two crushed campden tablets
  • Added 1 packet of Harvest BV7 yeast
  • Placed in lagering frig at 65F
  • Approximately 80% Concord and 20% California grapes

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