Cabernet sauv pyment project.
Go Ferm Protect Evolution
7 packs of RC212
The juice was Wine Expert Private Reserve (actually the VineCo branded version this time) California Cab Sauv.
The kit's juice is concentrated at 33 brix @ 3.75 gallons which I split between two fermonsters.
Each fermenter got 10 pounds of honey, one Orange Blossom and the other Wildflower.
Then I topped off each to exactly 5 gallons.
The OG was 1.129 before adding the big bag of grape skins. I don't really know how much it contributed to the gravity, but I'm just calling it 1.130.
Rehydrated 35 grams of RC212 in 900mLs of water and 44 grams of goferm. Split the slurry between the two fermenters.
Tucked them away in the cellar of the shop where it's a stable 67F. The picture below was the next day where I observed lift off so I added 6 grams of Fermaid O (rehydrated) to each fermenter and will do that 3 more times spaced out 48 hours. Actually the second addition was this morning. SG down to 1.075.
I hope this comes out decent. I only stock these wine kits in the 6 gallon size so it's a pretty big investment.
Wine Kit: $165
Honey: 5LB x 4 $120
Yeast: $7
Goferm $10
Fermaid O $14
which sounds like a lot of money, but that's also a lot of special mead if all goes to plan. 50 x 750mL wine bottles. woah..
Go Ferm Protect Evolution
7 packs of RC212
The juice was Wine Expert Private Reserve (actually the VineCo branded version this time) California Cab Sauv.
The kit's juice is concentrated at 33 brix @ 3.75 gallons which I split between two fermonsters.
Each fermenter got 10 pounds of honey, one Orange Blossom and the other Wildflower.
Then I topped off each to exactly 5 gallons.
The OG was 1.129 before adding the big bag of grape skins. I don't really know how much it contributed to the gravity, but I'm just calling it 1.130.
Rehydrated 35 grams of RC212 in 900mLs of water and 44 grams of goferm. Split the slurry between the two fermenters.
Tucked them away in the cellar of the shop where it's a stable 67F. The picture below was the next day where I observed lift off so I added 6 grams of Fermaid O (rehydrated) to each fermenter and will do that 3 more times spaced out 48 hours. Actually the second addition was this morning. SG down to 1.075.
I hope this comes out decent. I only stock these wine kits in the 6 gallon size so it's a pretty big investment.
Wine Kit: $165
Honey: 5LB x 4 $120
Yeast: $7
Goferm $10
Fermaid O $14
which sounds like a lot of money, but that's also a lot of special mead if all goes to plan. 50 x 750mL wine bottles. woah..
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