Red grape and Blueberry rose

[yesumission]

I put a batch on last night. When should it start bubbling.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

What temperature was it at when you pitched the yeast?

How cold is it where the wine is fermenting?

Are you using any kind of heat source?

 

[yesumission]

It's bubbling crazy now. It 2 as saying it was 20 degrees in the cupboard. So I wrapped a towel round it and a few hours later. It was going crazy and smells amazing. When I took a reading after I made it. It was 1.080 so the should give me around 12% is that right

 

[Chippy_Tea]

If you let it get down to .990 it will be around 12%.

 

[yesumission]

I took a reading it is .990. It's bubbling every 2 mins I took a sample it is very dry and doesn't really taste like wine. Should I leave it for a while before racking into the other bucket

 

[Chippy_Tea]

No, rack it now its done. :thumb:

 

[hoptoit]

Is the thought that WOW should be racked, Camden etc as it's done. It was said leave it another week to let the yeast clean up?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

You can leave it a week but if you read the part in blue in the first post in the juice wine thread you will see its not really necessary.

 

[yesumission]

Will the taste improve over time racking it. It's really dry should I try and back sweeten it with more grape juice or sugar.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

If its too dry for you i don't think waiting will help, you can back sweeten which I used to with sugar added to each bottle once stabilised, next time stop it at .995 and see if you prefer it.