when good wines gone bad

[joeswine]

Amarone the king of italian reds

CAN you take a ph. reading? if so what you should be looking for is a ph. of 4.0/4.5 not greater when the time comes and a abv. around 14% do you have a hydrometer? I know this sounds fundamental but I have to ask.

 

[Angelina]

Yes I have hydrometer. I also have a brand new vinmetrica 300 but I need to learn how to use it.

 

[joeswine]

Amarone the king of italian reds

THEN THE GAMES A FOOT.................MY LADY WHEN EVER YOUR READY.........................

 

[Angelina]

I will be ready tomorrow late morning into afternoon, so this Amarone will have my full attention to detail. Simple syrup is prepared.
I will come back with the PH and OG then. Do I need a TA?

 

[ceeaton]

Yes I have hydrometer. I also have a brand new vinmetrica 300 but I need to learn how to use it.

You have all the good toys! Thanks for the picture in post #618, it's nice to see what is in a kit you haven't made yet. Watching and learning from both of you.

 

[Angelina]

Thanks Craig! That toy is a little intimidating, but I am determined to figure it out, otherwise it would be a expensive paper weight.

I wish kit manufacturers would show what's in the kit as well.

 

[ceeaton]

If you get time (from all the transferring of wine from all of those Chilean juice buckets you bought) grab a glass or two of wine and start reading those S300 directions! I'm hoping to get one next year, but this years tax return has been spent. At least I got two spring juice buckets and a few lugs of grapes. Now to save for the fall harvest (I dearly love all my children but I wish they would all go out and get a job and help pay for my growing obsession)!

 

[Angelina]

Here are my readings. Edit: These are pre primary numbers. I wanted to see just what I have number wise from the bag.
PH 3.34
BRIX 30.8
TEMP 68°
OG 1.130

 

[geek]

@Angelina
You have nice toys...

OG 1.030 ?
That doesn't look right, did you mean 1.130 ?

 

[Angelina]

@Angelina
You have nice toys...

OG 1.030 ?
That doesn't look right, did you mean 1.130 ?

Thank you!
Yes, I meant 1.130, good catch!

 

[geek]

how much you paid for that digital refractometer?

 

[Angelina]

I have the hand one, but my eye's are not getting any better these days so I got this one..http://www.piwine.com/cgi-piwine/sb/productsearch.cgi?storeid=*148c4f20af3d50c710744125
I is so easy to use even a caveman could do it!

 

[ibglowin]

Do you realize that works out to ~18.1% ABV if it finishes to dry?

Here are my readings. Edit: These are pre primary numbers. I wanted to see just what I have number wise from the bag.
PH 3.34
BRIX 30.8
TEMP 68°
OG 1.130

 

[Angelina]

I have not added water yet. These are the numbers straight from the bag. Sorry from the confusion.

 

[ibglowin]

That makes more sense, I saw you talking about Simple Syrup earlier and thought you had mixed it up and added more syrup till you got to 1.13!

 

[geek]

Do you realize that works out to ~18.1% ABV if it finishes to dry?

Maybe Angelina likes rocket fuel...

 

[joeswine]

Ep amarone

SHE'LL BE JUST FINE........

 

[Angelina]

Stirring 4L warm water with bentonite

 

[cmason1957]

CAN you take a ph. reading? if so what you should be looking for is a ph. of 4.0/4.5 not greater when the time comes and a abv. around 14% do you have a hydrometer? I know this sounds fundamental but I have to ask.

Joe, can you explain the reasoning behind a pH of 4.0/4.5? That seems incredibly high to me. And since this is a kit, why mess with the pH?

 

[Angelina]

Added primary bag to bentonite and adding cool water to the 6 gallon mark.