{"id":569,"date":"2014-01-06T13:58:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T13:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/?p=569"},"modified":"2014-01-06T13:58:57","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T13:58:57","slug":"pinot-chardonnay-day-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/2014\/01\/pinot-chardonnay-day-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinot Chardonnay – Day 8"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"500D_2042\"
New resting place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am supposed to move this kit on after day 8.\u00a0 It has spent the week at around 20-22 degrees; I have been checking the temperature regularly, and adjusting the brew belt on\/off times to suit.\u00a0 It has been bubbling assiduously, but I was still surprised to find that the gravity was now 1.002, and an alcohol content of 10.3%.\u00a0 I tested using my new glass pipette<\/a>\"\" since I broke the old gravy baster.\u00a0 The new one worked, but still dripped as much as the baster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t
Date<\/th>Specific Gravity<\/th>Alcohol Content<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
30th December 2013<\/td>1,080<\/td>0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6th January 2014<\/td>1,002<\/td>10.3 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18th January 2014<\/td>994<\/td>11.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n
\"500D_2044\"<\/a>
Cloudy mixture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So I syphoned it out, making strenuous efforts not to get too much yeast in there (although it is rather cloudy – which I imagine is the yeast in suspension?) in to my new carboy.\u00a0 This does not fit in the utility room nicely so off it want to a quiet place in the house that is rather colder than the utility.\u00a0 I will have to keep a careful watch on the temperature, or sort out an arduino controller.\u00a0 To that end, I have bought three DS18B20 waterproof temperature sensors for \u00a35 through eBay via Hong Kong, that should arrive in time for the next home brew project.<\/p>\n

I had a right faff with the brew belt, since this carboy is just smaller than the belt at the bottom and hence very hard to attach satisfactorily.\u00a0 In the end I put it half way up.\u00a0 I don’t think it will matter that much.\u00a0 I also added one of my new LCD thermometers to the carboy.\u00a0 Thanks Santa.<\/p>\n

The instructions now say leave until fermentation has completely ceased with a SG of below 996 with no bubbling.\u00a0 I’ll keep an eye on it but the next stage is due in another two weeks or so – Day 22.<\/p>\n

The extra wide bore tube is a real boon.\u00a0 It has an excellent flow rate for these big vessels.\u00a0 I am really glad I bought it.<\/p>\n

\"500D_2043\"
Large bore tube with yeast residue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I am supposed to move this kit on after day 8.\u00a0 It has spent the week at around 20-22 degrees; I have been checking the temperature regularly, and adjusting the brew belt on\/off times to suit.\u00a0 It has been bubbling assiduously, but I was still surprised to find that the gravity was now 1.002, and … Continue reading Pinot Chardonnay – Day 8<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-california-connoisseur-2013-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":577,"href":"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions\/577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}