Started this bad boy on Friday 10/30/09 but couldn't post pics till tonight.
This kit is only 2 months old from DOM so pretty darn fresh. It has the new enzyme pack which is supposed to fix some weird residue problems that have supposedly been found in other Showcase kits with grape packs. This is my 3rd CC Showcase kit with a grape pack and the first two didn't seem to have any problems but perhaps my eye is untrained still.
Particulars are SG before grape pack = 1.090. SG after grape pack and lots of stirring was 1.106 so it did bump it up a bit. No Oak chips or cubes but rather 2 packs of different Oak saw dust of sorts. One Toasted and one untoasted (both american). I used a brew belt for the first couple of days until this guy took off on its own. Once the temp got up to 74 in Primary I began to unplug and let it do its thing. As it has dropped back down to 70 I hit it with the brew belt until we are back up to 74.
SG after 4 days is down to 1.032. This will need to stay in Primary for 10-12 days until first racking and then the Enzyme is added after it is transferred into secondary. Bentonite is supposed to neutralize the Enzyme so all the gross lees must be racked off before addition.
This guy smelled good enough to drink right out of the bucket and even better now that he is fermenting away!
This kit is only 2 months old from DOM so pretty darn fresh. It has the new enzyme pack which is supposed to fix some weird residue problems that have supposedly been found in other Showcase kits with grape packs. This is my 3rd CC Showcase kit with a grape pack and the first two didn't seem to have any problems but perhaps my eye is untrained still.
Particulars are SG before grape pack = 1.090. SG after grape pack and lots of stirring was 1.106 so it did bump it up a bit. No Oak chips or cubes but rather 2 packs of different Oak saw dust of sorts. One Toasted and one untoasted (both american). I used a brew belt for the first couple of days until this guy took off on its own. Once the temp got up to 74 in Primary I began to unplug and let it do its thing. As it has dropped back down to 70 I hit it with the brew belt until we are back up to 74.
SG after 4 days is down to 1.032. This will need to stay in Primary for 10-12 days until first racking and then the Enzyme is added after it is transferred into secondary. Bentonite is supposed to neutralize the Enzyme so all the gross lees must be racked off before addition.
This guy smelled good enough to drink right out of the bucket and even better now that he is fermenting away!
