Catching up…
I ‘ve been lazy on the blog, but not with the wine. Here is my catchup…
- We racked the 3 gallon container that had been Cu fined. We mixed the result with the other small containers so that the MLB would be in all containers. This is our current count:
1 110 L barrel 30 gal 2 55 L barrel 14.5 gal 3 50 L barrel 13 gal 4 11 L carboy 3 gal 5 3 L jug 3/4 gal Totals 229 L 61 gal - We also set up a space heater in the wine room, as it was getting too cold for the MLF to complete. We have set the room temperature at about 64 F.
- We have tasted several times. The new oak barrel is definitely having its effect on the wine. It seemed really strong after the first week, but somewhat less more recently. I am not sure why, or even if it was real!
- We innoculated for MLF Nov 12, so tomorrow it will have been 4 weeks. It should be moving along. I just can’t tell with the wine in the barrels.
I purchased an Accuvin malic acid test kit. I’ll try it out this weekend. It would be nice to know without doing chromatography or a lab test.