So today was the magic day, when I was able to rack my rhubarb wine for the first time. Not only was this the first racking of this season, but it was my first racking of a wine, ever!! It went rather well I'm pleased to say!
The fermentation had slowed considerably overnight, so we decided to rack into a clean demijohn. The equipment was sterilised and we set about siphoning the rhubarb wine into its new home! the process does take time, as i am using a 1/4" tube. Took about 15 minutes getting the gallon of wine transferred. I'm sure it'll take me a lot less time to drink it though haha!
Now, I'm hoping someone can shed light on this, but when we were siphoning the wine, we couldn't help but notice that the smell was a bit unpleasant. Hoping its just the yeast that is smelling. The wine is starting to clear and i'm hoping to be able to maybe bottle it in the next few months!!
The apple and apple and plum have now progressed to secondary and are bubbling away nicely! The apple, in the glass demijohn is almost mesmerising to watch as the yeasts at the bottom seem to explode sending a good whoosh up the bottle in a swirl! almost like watching a mini tornado in the bottle!
happy winemaking!
Well done and good luck.
ReplyDeleteIt's always nice to see some one else's ramblings, adventures and experiments.
Wish I had the space to do this. Your pix are interesting but way too sterile for me (tongue-in-cheek). It would be nice to see the environment and the mess that's created when doing this. Afterall, it might get others interested and the photos could be the selling point.
BTW, I'm over here from WineMakingTalk.com