Hi All,
My first Harvest day was great fun. For you long time experts I'm sure it is old hat, but as a newby it was amazing. Started early morning and was finished about 11:30 so it took less time than I thought. The must was at 55 degrees when we finished crushing. It should be about
60 gal so I added 11 grams of Pot Met to start with and then thought I would test with the Chemetric Titret kit and couldn't get a reading for some reason. I'll take it over to one of the many valley labs Mon AM to see what the levels are and adjust as needed. The Brix level was 25 and the pH was 4.71 according to my meter. I pitched yeast last night with 60g of Pasteur Red and added half the Fermaid K recommended. Is there anything else I should be doing at this point, besides punching down the cap when it kicks off? Thanks, in advance, for any advice.Regards,
Rick
PS: At the risk of boring anyone with my home movies, I have a web pictorial of the havest at the link below.