akpingel
Well-Known Member
Hello,
My GF and I made a Winexpert Malbec last Sunday. We have been making beer for years, but this is our first wine. This kit included grape skins. Per the instructions, it said wait until gravity reaches 1.01 before transferring to the secondary stage, which is where you get rid of the skins. There are also oak slivers in the bucket now as part of stage 1. Instructions say this should be around day 7, assuming 75 degrees. Its cold in NC now, and it today is day 6. We took a sample and the current gravity is around 1.045, or about halfway there. My dilemma is that I will be out of town until next friday (day 12). I am probably over thinking this, but what is more important- not keeping the skins in or waiting until 1.01? Should I take the skins out and transfer later?
Any other thoughts?
Thanks,
Alex :beer:
My GF and I made a Winexpert Malbec last Sunday. We have been making beer for years, but this is our first wine. This kit included grape skins. Per the instructions, it said wait until gravity reaches 1.01 before transferring to the secondary stage, which is where you get rid of the skins. There are also oak slivers in the bucket now as part of stage 1. Instructions say this should be around day 7, assuming 75 degrees. Its cold in NC now, and it today is day 6. We took a sample and the current gravity is around 1.045, or about halfway there. My dilemma is that I will be out of town until next friday (day 12). I am probably over thinking this, but what is more important- not keeping the skins in or waiting until 1.01? Should I take the skins out and transfer later?
Any other thoughts?
Thanks,
Alex :beer: