Racked the Muscat off it's lees, losing abut 2 quarts. Divvied the racked juice between 2 carboys, and yeasted. 70.5', up a few from this morning, and Brix about 21. (Image shows 2 to 3 cm of lees in about 2 gal of juice let sit 24 hours. Juice is still opaque.)Warrick or Ivers talks about taking the lee-mixed waste at this point, refrigerating it to force the lees to drop again and solidify, and then working the juice back into the working wine. Why not? Am giving it a shot.
In the racking I forced the racking wand through the new caps we've been buying - works very nicely. You can set the wand at the height you want above the lees and turn your attention elsewhere. (Image: Dude, remember to pull off the venting nipple next time.)
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