vinividivici
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Okay, I did the first racking today. And Mike, I'm changing my name to IBMakingaMess.
I emptied both bags of oak chips into the secondary fermenter.
I then scooped up as many skins as I could with a strainer and dumped them into a hop bag.
I squeezed the bag until all the juice was gone and set it aside.
I poured the yeast nutrient mix into the primary and stirred for a few seconds.
I racked the primary to the secondary with a hand-held siphon pump (with sediment attachment removed)
I poured the remaining juice, including sediment into the secondary up to the top.
I screwed the top onto the bucket and had juice flowing down the side onto the floor.
Added the airlock.
After about four hours, I noticed some very slow bubbling in the airlock. Good sign that secondary fermentation is beginning, I hope.
Now: the instructions said to add a teaspoon of KMeta to the secondary and stir it in before sealing with the airlock.
Wouldn't that prevent the secondary fermentation? I didn't add any because it didn't seem right. Should I add it at this point?
It will be racked again in about a week. I've got it in a bucket rather than a carboy due to all the lees and stuff from the grape pack. When I rack it next time, it will go into a carboy.
I emptied both bags of oak chips into the secondary fermenter.
I then scooped up as many skins as I could with a strainer and dumped them into a hop bag.
I squeezed the bag until all the juice was gone and set it aside.
I poured the yeast nutrient mix into the primary and stirred for a few seconds.
I racked the primary to the secondary with a hand-held siphon pump (with sediment attachment removed)
I poured the remaining juice, including sediment into the secondary up to the top.
I screwed the top onto the bucket and had juice flowing down the side onto the floor.
Added the airlock.
After about four hours, I noticed some very slow bubbling in the airlock. Good sign that secondary fermentation is beginning, I hope.
Now: the instructions said to add a teaspoon of KMeta to the secondary and stir it in before sealing with the airlock.
Wouldn't that prevent the secondary fermentation? I didn't add any because it didn't seem right. Should I add it at this point?
It will be racked again in about a week. I've got it in a bucket rather than a carboy due to all the lees and stuff from the grape pack. When I rack it next time, it will go into a carboy.