Saturday, October 7, 2017

Wine batch #2

Bottle day 5-16-18

  • Final gravity: 1.003
  • Tastes rather sour, very little grape flavor
  • Liquid is rather clear but not perfectly clear
  • Mental note: double the sugar next time
  • Bottled 5 750ml bottles

Third state fermentation: 10-14-17

  • Transferred batch #2 to secondary rack
  • Reading: 1.005
  • Added two campden tablets
  • No temperature control; sat on top of lagering frig
  • Sample taste: dry, tart, little bit of grape presence

Second stage fermentation: 10-7-17

  • Transferred batch #2 to secondary rack
  • No reading taken
  • Added two campden tablets
  • No temperature control; sat on top of lagering frig

First stage fermentation on 9-30-17

  • No reading taken
  • No sugar added
  • Added two campden tablets
  • Added 1 packet of Harvest BV7 yeast
  • No temperature control; sat on top of lagering frig
  • Approximately 95% Concord and 5% California grapes

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