Having given the Strawberry another 11 days after it seemed to have got to the edge of its target gravity, I decided it was time to wrack it to the secondary demijohn. Like the Merlot, I decided to take a gravity reading anyway, which was again easiest from a picture: The gravity was really hard [...]
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Racking the Strawberry
Posted in Racking, Strawberry on March 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Racking the Beaverdale Merlot
Posted in Merlot, Racking on March 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I decided the time had finally come to rack the Merlot – the first home brewed wine I had tried. I decided to take a hydrometer reading, even though I expected to see little or no movement and would wrack it anyway. I took a picture for future reference: It was hard to get a [...]
