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The ros\u00e9 has had a little more than its allotted time, and finished bubbling some days ago, but this can only\u00a0 be good.\u00a0 The photo shows the wine before the chitosan but after the fermentation stopper.\u00a0 I was interested to see how clear it was, and the answer was “pretty clear”.\u00a0 But not quite clear enough, so in goes the chitosan and in a few more days I will bottle.\u00a0 I have splashed out on real bottles that need corks, together with shrink wrap lids for the final touch from the lovely people at ballihoo<\/a>. who were extremely<\/em> helpful on the phone.<\/p>\n The gravity is as expected at this stage and it is already pretty drinkable.\u00a0 It looks and tastes as it should, so all is well.\u00a0 A few days to clarify then bottling begins.\u00a0 I am pondering sterilising the bottles in the oven; there will be about 40 and washing is so time consuming and messy.\u00a0 I guess you put them in at 80 degrees for 20 minutes or so then bottle as they cool down.<\/p>\n\n The ros\u00e9 has had a little more than its allotted time, and finished bubbling some days ago, but this can only\u00a0 be good.\u00a0 The photo shows the wine before the chitosan but after the fermentation stopper.\u00a0 I was interested to see how clear it was, and the answer was “pretty clear”.\u00a0 But not quite clear … Continue reading Looks like ros\u00e9, tastes like ros\u00e9<\/span> \n\n
\n\t \nDate<\/th> Specific Gravity<\/th> Alcohol Content<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\t 12th June 2014<\/td> 1,080<\/td> 0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t 8th July 2014<\/td> 996<\/td> 11.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"