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Pears - lots and lots of pears.... and more wine

Discussion in 'The GC 'Buttery'' started by Fat Controller, Aug 28, 2016.

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  1. Scrungee

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    Break the seal on the bucket lid and throw a towel over the top to keep wine flies out.
     
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      My new 25L fermenting vessel has arrived, as have the new airlocks, and the ferment is a lot less foamy now, so I intend on moving the wine over to the fermenting vessel (probably tomorrow as I am going out shortly); there is quite a bit of stuff that has dropped to the bottom of the bucket that looks to be a bit sludgy - when I transfer, do I want to transfer this sludge over, or am I better filtering it out?
       
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      That'll be dead yeast cells, just rack it off and leave it :spinning:
       
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      Blimey, it has happened quick then - we only put it in the bucket on Tuesday. Should I add some more yeast when I move it over?
       
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      There should be enough yeast carried through in the strained liquid for it to ferment out, but it might go a bit slow for several days as the CO2 comes out of solution when straining and it takes a while for it to become saturated with CO2 again and bubbles out as much as before.

      Did you take a hydrometer reading of the strained must?
       
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        No, I must admit that I forgot. I take it that it will be too late to do so now that fermentation has commenced?
         
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        I meant now, during fermentation, to check on progress.
         
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          I will do it before I transfer to the new vessel. Mrs C has tidied me up again, and I can't find my hygrometer..... :noidea:
           
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          OK - managed to find it. SG was 1030 before I transferred it to the new vessel. Not entirely sure what that is telling me in terms of how much alcohol content there is, but it was properly fizzing when I opened the bucket (you could actually see the bubbles turning over the wee floaters).

          I have now transferred it into the new fermenter, passing it through a mesh sieve as it came out the end of the syphon, and the new vessel has an airlock so I won't have to keep venting the bucket. So far, any concerns that I was going to slow things down appear to be unfounded - the airlock is gurgling approximately every 15 seconds or so (given that there is three gallons of wine with a two gallons worth of headroom, it seems to be quite lively)
           
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          Oh my! Did someone mention wine??? :Wino::Wino::heehee:.
          I've never thought of making pear wine but what a fantastic idea :yes:. Let us know how it turns out @fat controller
           
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            It is still bubbling away like a mad thing at the back of the living room - that end of the room has a distinct whiff of alcohol too. I am liking this hobby :snork:
             
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              Are you getting drunk on the fumes FC?? :Wino::heehee:
               
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                Almost! :biggrin:

                It is still bubbling away like a good 'un - every four or five seconds now we are getting a gurgle from it, so it is definitely fermenting well.
                 
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