Keep it attached. Your yeasties seem to have plenty of oxygen. Also, dont
sweat the exact day you do the racking. The wine is very forgiving.

Congrats on starting your first batch!




KB

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"Brandon" > wrote in message
...
> Newbe question - I'm making wine for the first time using a wine kit and
> after reading some of the posts here, I'm not sure I should be using an
> air-lock during the primary fermentation as oxygen is required to assist
the
> yeast in converting the sugar into alcohol and SO2?
>
> According to the kit instructions, I should rack the wine into the
secondary
> when to Specific Gravity reaches 1.010 or less, which should occur from 5
to
> 7 days after the yeast is added.
>
> Here are my current readings:
>
> Day # Specific Gravity Temp of Must
> 1 1.080 76 F (Yeast Added)
> 2 1.070 72 F
> 3 Didn't Check 74 F
> 4 1.050 72 F
>
> At the current rate, I'm guessing the wine should be ready to rack around
> day 8? Should I remove the airlock or keep it attached?
>
>