Sunday, October 4, 2009

Winemaking Update

Well, last week we racked some wines - the Parsnip is fabulous, so I bought some more to make another batch. The mead (with raspberries) is also very nice, but this will take a few years to mature.

Sadly, the Peach got "Stuck", at least in Kevin's eyes. After doing a hydrometer check it turns out it's only about 1% sugar in one pail and less than 1% in the other. Kevin obviously has a low tolerance for sugar. While I usually prefer them dry, this one is really quite nice, especially chilled. However, to please the man, I attempted to restart them both. They are bubling, VERY slowly, so we shall just have to wait and see.

Once these are out of the pails, there is another 10 gallons of peach, 20 gallons of nectarine, and the other batch of parsnips to do.

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