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Default Moving from primary to secondary when its cold

snpm > wrote:
> I have a batch that has been in the primary over a week. Its per Jack
> Keller, and his recipe gives a number of days after which to move to
> secondary. The ferment is noticeably slower (in terms of PA dropped)
> than usual for me in one week, because of the cold conditions, despite
> heating belts.
>
> My question is, should you move from the primary to the secondary based
> purely on days since begun, or should you move based on PA/SG?
>
> My must is very dark purple and daily stirrings are not giving huge
> clues as to how much lees is accumulating.


Specific gravity of the must determines my primary to secondary moves.

Dick
 
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