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

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?

 

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?

 

No, I must admit that I forgot. I take it that it will be too late to do so now that fermentation has commenced?

 

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.....

 

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)

 

I think it is fair to say that the ferment is still quite vigorous

http://vid182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/fatcontroller_2007/VIDEO0002_zpsuk61abhz.mp4

 

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

 

Almost!

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.