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Actually, it was the Sodium Hydroxide solution (I just had a very loud exhale of worry from earlier). I put it in the fridge like Mike (ibglowin) told me, but it still has gone down hill since last fall (I think I bought the new one in July or so). So on my Spring and Fall list I'm adding a new bottle of Sodium Hydroxide. It's only about $4 or so. Also need to get some new 4.01 and 7.01 solution, just used the last of that.
The Pinot Noir numbers looked okay to me, but others probably snickered and said, a Pinot with a TA of 6.5 g/L? yea right. But I know something was out of whack with the Pinot Grigio, that high of a pH and that high of a TA? Here's what I got with the new solution:
Pinot Noir: pH 3.69 TA 3.5g/L
Pinot Grigio #1: pH 3.55 TA 4.2 g/L
Pinot Grigio #2: pH 3.55 TA 4.3 g/L
Now I can adjust all three, just the PG more than the PN.
Planning on using RC 212 for the Pinot Noir. Adding some Opti-red and maybe a bit of FT Rouge (a bit only, low low levels) to the juice. Grapes are in a separate bucket with Lallzyme EX (12 hours after Kmeta). Will soon put into a common bucket and may paint strainer bag the grapes so I can hand press (only 18 lbs worth - almost not worth dirtying my butt bucket press or my butt).
The Pinot Grigio, after tartaric acid adjustment will get some FT Blanc Soft and some Booster Blanc, then one will get QA23, the other D47. Will ferment and do everything the same as much as possible. Want to see the differing results of the two yeasts as they age, and as Boatboy Jim said it will be interesting to see if the two yeasts ever converge in flavor profiles with enough age. I plan on keeping about 6 bottles of each separate to I can give to the two Jim's, Jeff (Jim's friend) and a few others who drink nothing except PG, in about 3 years.