Today I racked 6 gallons of fresh, raw juice which I pressed from my orchard. It has been in the primary since 9-16-12. It started at 1.052 SG and today was 1.002.
According to this site (Daves Dreaded Actual Specific Gravity) my alcohol content should be around 6.55%
I had about 3/4 inch of lees left behind.
The airlock had stopped bubbling about 4 days ago. I had opened the primary and felt like it smelled bad. I was encouraged to rack and so I did.
I thought about topping off with a little spring water but remembered that I do have some of the same juice frozen.
Should I thaw it out and then top off with that? Should I use water? Should I use store bought juice? Or can I leave it as is? Seems like too much air space to me. Here's the picture of the carboy after racking.
According to this site (Daves Dreaded Actual Specific Gravity) my alcohol content should be around 6.55%
I had about 3/4 inch of lees left behind.
The airlock had stopped bubbling about 4 days ago. I had opened the primary and felt like it smelled bad. I was encouraged to rack and so I did.
I thought about topping off with a little spring water but remembered that I do have some of the same juice frozen.
Should I thaw it out and then top off with that? Should I use water? Should I use store bought juice? Or can I leave it as is? Seems like too much air space to me. Here's the picture of the carboy after racking.