Well I racked back on the 7th onto cherries and vanilla. I also added 1.5#'s honey. Brix went from 15 to 20! Must have been a lot of sugar in the cherries. Racked again today. Very nice flavor. Vanilla is just about right. Brix is only down to 19. It's a tad sweet. I need to top off with some cherry juice and might even pitch some more yeast...
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BUMP, updated MY LOG and racked onto cherry puree.
It's been on the cherry puree for almost 4 weeks. There is a layer of lees maybe 3/8 of an inch then it looks like the puree has settled on top of the lees about another 1/2 inch layer. A few more weeks then rack off fruit onto 2 or 4 vanilla beans and top up with my overflow jug.
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It's been on the cherry puree for almost 4 weeks. There is a layer of lees maybe 3/8 of an inch then it looks like the puree has settled on top of the lees about another 1/2 inch layer. A few more weeks then rack off fruit onto 2 or 4 vanilla beans and top up with my overflow jug.
Greetings, this thread is still alive. 6/8/09 racked off cherry puree onto 3 split vanilla beans. I finally got around to transferring after 11.5 weeks on the fruit puree. Lost a lot of liquid with such a thick trub and puree layer.
It has a fantastic ruby color, I hope that doesn't fade.
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