day 1) Sunday, December 14, 2008
- sanitize primary fermenter bucket
- add 4 L of warm water, mix in the Bentonite (30gr. / 35ml)
- add grape concentrate (9L / 2.37 US gallon)
- add warm water until 6 US gallons
- S.G. 1.080 (the reading should be within 1.074-1.090)
- sprincle 5 gr. "Lalvin EC-1118 Saccharomyces bayanus" yeast, do not mix
- leave for 14 day until S.G. is 0.998, or lower
- mix occasionally for first few days
Saturday December 20, 2008 - start secondary fermentation - anaerobic
- S.G. : 1.020
- fermentation continues well
- rack into 6 gallon carboy
