September is time when apples are ready to become in juice and then in wine. In this year I have more equipment and better chance to get good wine (drinkable). To make these I spent 1 day (3 evenings). This year I have played with sugar types (sucrose, glucose, fructose) and chokeberries
| Filled | 01.09.2011 |
| Total volume | 10 |
| Hydrometer (Oechsle), 22C | 80 |
| Potencial alcohol | 10,80% |
| Sugar | Glucose / Fructose |
| Sugar volume | 1 |
| Wather volume | 0 |
| Moon phase | Decrescent |
| Extra | 0 |
| Apples | Sweet |
| Yeast | Fermivin PDM |
| Breving temperature | 22 |
| Notes |
| Filled | 05.09.2011 |
| Total volume, L | 23 |
| Hydrometer (Oechsle), 22C | 65 |
| Potencial alcohol, % | 8,4 |
| Sugar | Glucose / Fructose |
| Sugar volume | 2 |
| Wather volume | 0 |
| Moon phase | Growing |
| Extra | 1 Liter chokeberries |
| Apples | Sweet |
| Yeast | Fermivin RED |
| Breving temperature | 22 |
| Notes | No CO2 bubbles from 10.09.2011 |
| Filled | 05.09.2011 |
| Total volume, L | 9 |
| Hydrometer (Oechsle), 22C | 70 |
| Potencial alcohol, % | 9,2 |
| Sugar | Glucose / Fructose |
| Sugar volume | 1 |
| Wather volume | 0 |
| Moon phase | Growing |
| Extra | 0 |
| Apples | Sweet |
| Yeast | Fermivin PDM |
| Breving temperature | 22 |
| Notes |
| Filled | 05.09.2011 |
| Total volume, L | 8 |
| Hydrometer (Oechsle), 22C | 80 |
| Potencial alcohol, % | 10,8 |
| Sugar | Glucose / Fructose |
| Sugar volume | 1,5 |
| Wather volume | 2 |
| Moon phase | Growing |
| Extra | 0 |
| Apples | Sweet |
| Yeast | Fermivin PDM |
| Breving temperature | 22 |
| Notes | No CO2 bubbles from 11.09.2011 |
| Filled | 09.09.2011 |
| Total volume, L | 10 |
| Hydrometer (Oechsle), 22C | 75 |
| Potencial alcohol, % | 10 |
| Sugar | Sucrose |
| Sugar volume | 1 |
| Wather volume | 0 |
| Moon phase | Growing |
| Extra | 0 |
| Apples | Super sweet |
| Yeast | Fermivin PDM |
| Breving temperature | 22 |
| Notes | Apples from home appletree |
| Filled | 09.09.2011 |
| Total volume, L | 10 |
| Hydrometer (Oechsle), 22C | 65 |
| Potencial alcohol, % | 8,4 |
| Sugar | Sucrose |
| Sugar volume | 1 |
| Wather volume | 0 |
| Moon phase | Growing |
| Extra | 1 Liter chokeberries |
| Apples | Mixed sweet & sour |
| Yeast | Fermivin RED |
| Breving temperature | 22 |
| Notes | Apples from home appletree |
| Filled | 09.09.2011 |
| Total volume, L | 10 |
| Hydrometer (Oechsle), 22C | 65 |
| Potencial alcohol, % | 8,4 |
| Sugar | Sucrose |
| Sugar volume | 1 |
| Wather volume | 0 |
| Moon phase | Growing |
| Extra | 1 Liter chokeberries |
| Apples | Mixed sweet & sour |
| Yeast | Fermivin RED |
| Breving temperature | 22 |
| Notes | Exploded 10.09.2011 07:15 AM, Apples from home appletree |
There was explosion. Foam get in the aerator and blocked valve – pressure rises till BOOM. Lot of dirt and glass around
These are two types of yeast – one for white other for red wine
Wow, I like your style. Just go for it. I have been making wine for years. May I suggest using a vat, covered with a cloth, for the first few days of fermentation then strain the juice into a demijohn with an airlock. By the way, your pictures are beautiful.
Thanks for advise! What is your experience of covering whole fermenter to avoid sunlight? Usually I dress fermenter in black T-shirt:)