The rewards and frustrations of home winemaking

Daily archive: 19 11 2008

Racking Cab to the Barrel

We racked the cab out of the lovely grey trash cans into an even lovelier new American oak barrel with medium toast.ย  Dave and I ended up with a full 30 gallon barrel plus a 6 gallon carboy and another 2 gallon bottle full of fine lees.ย  I checked the malic acid, and itโ€™s down […]