0600:
Still gentle fermentation happening.
I noticed that there's an insane amount of lees in the two 1 gallon jugs - these were filled from the dregs of the primary tank, while all three of the 5 gallon CBs were siphoned off cleanly. I'll be happy if we have three full CBs without topping off with prior years' wine after the first racking. Last year we came off the gross lees on day 15, and we lost about 1.5 liters to the lees in each of the 5 gal CBs. Topping was done with some overflow we had in a growler, but also 2.75 liters of the 2011 Muscat.
I haven't wanted to get 6 gal or 6.5 gal CBs because lifting the 5 gals is enough of a bear, but it would have been nice to have had all the juice go into large containers together. For that matter, maybe we should rehabilitate the 100 liter floating lid steel tank: I don't trust it for long term aging, but it would have been fine for this phase.
Took a quick reading of the Raisin with the long scale hydrometer since it fits right into the jug without spilling - 3 Brix.
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