What's going on in your winery today..

[spritzer]

Nowt
I was all set to get some racking done, and start of a kit as well....
But my hydrometer broke
Nowt will get done now till at least Wednesday, till I can get to my local HBS

[NorthernWiner]

Bank holiday today, so am taking the time to do some tidying up of the cellar and racking. I have a new barrel coming (hopefully) on Wednesday, so I needed to de-clutter to make room.

[koomber]

Racked my Belgian Beer; Forget Me Malts, so called because I forgot to order in the malts for a different brew so I decided to cobble one together.

Measured the SG. 1.010. Pretty dry for only 4 days in the fermenter. I'm hoping it will top out at 1.008. Very dry but I hope that it will work well with the Belgian Yeast Profile.

I also top racked the yeast. I'm in the process of washing it right now, so I'll see how it goes. The plan is to bottle in 2 weeks and then prime with sugar and some fresh yeast.

[Former Canuk]

Checked my 1st Wine No 1 and topped it up, looks like a ruby-red
Alka-Seltzer going on in there. This is good. Had to celebrate seeing this with a glass of Port.

[mrdexter]

Started a solitairy gallon of lychee to see if I like it before doing a big batch.

[robwrx]

I managed to do some racking at last and got a little taste of my first Wine No.2 thats finished clearing. It is a RGJ and Blueberry and shows great promise. The plan is to age for 3-4 months before bottling. I've figured that leaving in the DJ will stop me from drinking it too early.

More of the same tonight as I've a Wine No.1 WGJ and Orange that has been clear for more than a week.

[tribalfather]

2x No,1 finally bubbling away very nicely whilst sat by the fire, been fermenting for a week already (cold fermenting due to weaather). Please, what is wine N0.2?

Can I double up on main juice, i.e. cherry juice, in a No.1 to give a better cherry taste?

[robwrx]

Please, what is wine N0.2?

Wine No.2 is in the forums New Winemakers section and is a medium sweet red table wine. Just click on the link below.

http://www.winesathome.co.uk/forum/s...ead.php?t=1614

Rob

[tribalfather]

thank you very much, looks interesting, could be next batch

[spritzer]

Wine number 2 is lovely... for me is it more of a rose wine though

[mrdexter]

10 gallon wine no1 started.

[lockwood1956]

There is of course a recipe tax on this......


20%.....you owe me 12 bottles!.....bring them to the Brouwland trip....I will happily share them with everyone

[mrdexter]

20% recipe tax, 5% being given the empty bottles tax, 25% my old next door neighbour feeds my cat every time I go the squadron leaders for the weekend tax, and once it's finished I'm planning to do the elderberry kit sweetening with 3 galons of it.

My wine no1 just started and is finished already

[DaveH]

Racked off 2x1 gallon batches tonight (Chablis Blush and Strawberry No.1). Got all my grains weighed out for a double brewday tomorrow - Celtic Stout and a prototype version of my new 'Grapefest Guzzler' Ale. Should be interesting!

[lockwood1956]

OK then.....I'll settle for one bottle