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Dave Allyn
 
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Default first racking

Have no idea, this was concord concentrate in a can. Juicemakers.
not the frozen kind, the kind that looks like a pop can and is room
temp.

On 19 Oct 2003 07:54:58 -0700, (Michael)
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>Welches makes Cabernet?
>
>Dave Allyn > wrote in message >. ..
>> I didn't add Welches... I made the whole thing from welches. the
>> stuff I used to top off was all part of the same batch.... both
>> were at .990.... I thought that was about as dry as it could
>> get.....
>>
>> On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:38:21 GMT, "Dar V" > wrote:
>>
>> >Dave,
>> >When you rack, the additional oxygen can get the wine going again. Plus,
>> >you added welches - there may be some additional sugar there which the yeast
>> >is working on. What happened doesn't surprise me all that much. I'd be
>> >interested in what others say, though.
>> >Darlene
>> >
>> >"Dave Allyn" > wrote in message
>> .. .
>> >> Okay, did first racking from secondary. Got rid of all sediment, and
>> >> toped off with a small batch I had going secifically for topping off.
>> >> SG was .990 . One gallon batch of welches concentrate (red)
>> >>
>> >> My question is this: after fiting the airlock back on, I noticed that
>> >> it is bubbling. It had stoped for about two weeks, and now It starts
>> >> in again? it is bubbling even faster than it was when it went from
>> >> primary to secondary by a factor of about three. When I went to
>> >> seconary, there was a bubble every 3-4 seconds. Now there is bubble
>> >> every 1-1.5 seconds.... Is this normal??
>> >>
>> >> Init SG: 1.090 kI1v-1116 yeast init ph 3.5 ph now is 3.5, but
>> >> went up to 3.6 in secondary.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >

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