It was a busy winemaking day for me today. First, I spent some time in an enjoyable chat with Bob Collin, the proprietor of Winemakers here in Orangeville. Bought some stuff including a couple of used 19 litre glass carboys. I also picked up another can of beermaking stuff – thise one from Australia.

Later in the afternoon, I decided to check the specific gravity of the Red Currant wine I recently started. It was at 0.102, so I decided to rack it. What a brilliant colour of red it is. Not a deep red like red wine from grapes, but a lighter but brighter colour red.

Of course, I had to have a little taste. Boy, Jack Keller is right! That stuff is tart. At the same time though, there was a pleasantness beyond the tartness, so perhaps we’ll end up with something that in about a year or two from now will be quite enjoyable. When I think about it, I’ll take a picture and upload it, and hopefully nothing in the colour will be lost in the image.

I also racked the Liebfraumilch, the Granache, and the Festa White that I have. The Liebfraumilch is from a four week kit, so I also stabilized it, added Isinglass, and used the Fizz-X to do some degassing. There was a lot of foam that came up while degassing, hopefully this tool will solve some of my degassing issues.

Of course, I have a bunch of pails I now need to clean. I think I’ll leave them until the morning.

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