Tag Archives: CO2

CRUSTACEOUS.KINDNESS

Posted on August 18, 2010 by waywardwine

A day after cheating the fates and re-fermenting with sugar, I rack the must back into the first fermentation tank. After a sound sleep, I wake to check the Specific Gravity. Like my morning paper, another day of reading a … Continue reading →

Posted in BLUEBERRY BOUND: CRAFTING MY SECOND WINE (AUGUST 2010) | Tagged blueberry, blueberry wine, carboy, CO2, crabs, degassing, fining, fossils, pompeii, racking, sparkolloid, wine, winemaking | Leave a comment

REROLLED.BOIL

Posted on August 18, 2010 by waywardwine

Daybreak and I find fermentation following forward. With nighttime temperatures under fifty (in August?), the humidifier has kept the tank a happy seventy two. However, I need to ensure the yeasts ferment completely. Once the bubbling (and my coffee) are … Continue reading →

Posted in BLUEBERRY BOUND: CRAFTING MY SECOND WINE (AUGUST 2010) | Tagged alcohol, blueberry, blueberry wine, cane sugar, CO2, extraction, fermentation, home wine, proof, racking, secondary fermentation, specific gravity, wine, winemaking, yeast | 2 Comments

FERMENTATION PERSUASION

Posted on January 26, 2010 by waywardwine

Yeast added. Lid shut. Airlock, well, locked. I wait. Austen’s Anne Elliot knows how I feel: suffering quietly alone, waiting upon your sugars to become alcohol takes the patience of a truly goodwilled and kind nature. Yeasts, like most gentlemen, … Continue reading →