lilvixen
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I kicked off my third kit tonight: RJS En Primeur Super Tuscan. This is my first skins kit, and wow, they're messy! I sanitized a bowl, wrapped the mesh bag over the edges, and squished the skins into it. I also put the oak into the mesh bag, since I had such issues with racking the oak in my second kit. I ordered a racking cane filter, but it hasn't come in yet.
Must temp: 76*
OG before skins: 1.092 (without correction)
OG 1 hour after skins: 1.110 (without correction)
Two packages of oak, unknown size and type. 2.5 kg Genuwine grape skins. Attempting my first yeast swap of BM4x4 instead of EC-1118.
The juice bag opening wasn't aligned with the box supports, and try as I might, I couldn't get it to align or stretch to the box, so I ended up muscling the juice bag directly into the bucket. 16L of juice is a lot of juice (and heavy!) compared to the 10-12L of my first two kits.
Must temp: 76*
OG before skins: 1.092 (without correction)
OG 1 hour after skins: 1.110 (without correction)
Two packages of oak, unknown size and type. 2.5 kg Genuwine grape skins. Attempting my first yeast swap of BM4x4 instead of EC-1118.
The juice bag opening wasn't aligned with the box supports, and try as I might, I couldn't get it to align or stretch to the box, so I ended up muscling the juice bag directly into the bucket. 16L of juice is a lot of juice (and heavy!) compared to the 10-12L of my first two kits.