{"id":247,"date":"2013-11-06T13:43:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T13:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/?p=247"},"modified":"2013-11-06T13:43:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T13:43:01","slug":"racking-off-millers-gate-elderberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/2013\/11\/racking-off-millers-gate-elderberry\/","title":{"rendered":"Racking off Miller&#8217;s Gate + Elderberry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1805.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-243\" alt=\"500D_1805\" src=\"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1805-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1805-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1805-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1805.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;d been worrying about the wine not clarifying, but didn&#8217;t want to open the demijohn to let oxygen in.\u00a0 Lack of patience got to me and I decided to rack it off in to my little half demijohn and one bottle, leaving the rest for testing.\u00a0 My wife and I both had a little sip of the dregs.\u00a0 It tasted of&#8230; cheap wine (and much better than the orange filth from years ago).\u00a0 Hopefully it will improve with ageing &#8211; at least that is the theory.\u00a0 Since (ignoring the \u00a315 bucket,\u00a0 \u00a33 yeast, \u00a32 finings&#8230;) it cost 10p for about 5 bottles it really is cheap wine.\u00a0 It is good enough to drink the half bottle with dinner and can only (hopefully) improve.<\/p>\n<p>I also racked off the elderberry and topped it up with water.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t keep enough to taste properly, but from the drips I think it will be OK.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-247 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/500d_1804\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1804-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-242\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-242'>\n\t\t\t\tRacking off \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/2013\/11\/racking-off-millers-gate-elderberry\/500d_1805\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1805-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-243\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-243'>\n\t\t\t\tNot too bad actually\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/500d_1806\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1806-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-244\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-244'>\n\t\t\t\tpH between 3 and 4 I think\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/500d_1807\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1807-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-245\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-245'>\n\t\t\t\tTopped up with water\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/500d_1808\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1808-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-246\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-246'>\n\t\t\t\tThe must\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/500d_1809\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1809-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-241\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-241'>\n\t\t\t\tpH 3, though the colour of the wine must affect the colour of the test?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d been worrying about the wine not clarifying, but didn&#8217;t want to open the demijohn to let oxygen in.\u00a0 Lack of patience got to me and I decided to rack it off in to my little half demijohn and one bottle, leaving the rest for testing.\u00a0 My wife and I both had a little sip &hellip; 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