User:Truanna

Fun with Beer and Wine at The Carpenter's Workshop

Beer Brewing
Yeast Tests - Showing Y80, Y73, A6, and Y88 in top four. First yeast enters at 2100. Showing top two Y from 2000-1900. Believe A6 and Y88 enter at 1800. Running more tests.

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Wine
First Barrel started 2/23/09. Contains Amusement grapes, labeled Laughing Thoughts. Forgot to mark final scores. High sugar content, low acid, zero skin, medium quality. Will be a White Wine. Other Notes: Siphoning on 2/25/09 shows - Alcohol Content 4.2%, Res. Sugar 10.4, Tannin 0, Acid 1.1. Siphoning on 2/26/09 shows - Alcohol content 5.6%, Res. Sugar 9.7, Tannin 0, Acid 1.1. Siphoning on 2/28/09 shows - Alcohol Content 8.4%, Res. Sugar 8.3, Tannin, 0.1, Acid 1.1. Siphoning on 3/02/09 shows Alcohol Content 11.3%, Res. Sugar 6.8, Tannin 0.1, Acid 1.1. Siphoning on 3/5/09 shows - Alcohol Content 12.1%, Res. Sugar 6.4, Tannin 0.1, Acid 1.1. Time for bottling. Bottled on 3/5/09 (Year 1, Peret IV-15). Produced 2 bottles.
Second Barrel started 2/25/2009 (Year 1 Peret III-25). Contains grapes from Balance and Contemplation, labeled Carpenter's Blend #1. Final scores for Contemplation - Quality 61, Sugar 12, Skin 43, Color 9, Acid 8, Hue Light Red. Used 28 grapes. Final scores for Balance: Quality 30, Sugar 58, Skin 5, Color 28, Acid 34, Hue Light Red. Used 29 (total grape count of 57). Will be a Light Red Wine. Other Notes: Siphoning on 2/26/09 shows - Alcohol Content 2.5%, Res. Sugar 16.4, Tannin 0.3, Acid 2.1. Siphoning on 2/28/09 shows- Alcohol Content 7.1%, Res. Sugar 14.1, Tannin 0.9, Acid 2.1. Siphoning on 3/02/09 shows - Alcohol Content 11.5%, Res. Sugar 11.9, Tannin 1.5, Acid 2.1. Siphoning on 3/6/09 shows - Alcohol Content 12.0%, Res. Sugar 11.7, Tannin 2.3, Acid 2.1. Bottled on 3/8/09 (Year 1, Peret IV-23). Produced 2 bottles.
Third Barrel started on 3/11/2009 (Year 1, Shemu I-1). Contains Amusement grapes from 2 cuttings, labled Pro Veneratio Bacchus Vinum. Total grapes used: 72. Final scores for first Amusement cutting - Acid 12, Color 7, Grapes 37, Quality 11, Skin 2, Sugar 10. Final scores for second Amusement cutting - Acid 8, Color 17, Grapes 35, Quality 8. Skin 4, Sugar 20. Will be a White Wine. Other notes: Messed up somewhere, and will have to use this for tasting only, as sugar is not high enough to produce 12% Alcohol Content. Siphoning on 3/12/09 shows - Alcohol Content 1.3%, Res. Sugar 6.7, Tannin 0.0, Acid 1.0. Siphoning on 3/13/09 shows - Alcohol Content 2.3%, Res. Sugar 6.2, Tannin 0.1, Acid 1.0.

General Observations on Wine in the Barrel
Acid seems to stay the same from start to finish, though I can't say for sure just yet as neither of the start-up barrels have reached maturity yet. The second barrel shows a higher Acid content, which was expected, but the combination of grapes seems to be skewing numbers (combination of lower and higher acid grapes. Not sure if there's an averaging between the two or not because I suck at math and don't feel like trying to figure it out beyond an observational level), especially as one grape had 8 for an acid count and the other had 34. Tannin continues to build within the second barrel, also expected, but at a much slower rate than sugar is converting to alcohol. Unsure of how this will affect the flavor. Planning on bottling the first barrel once it reaches 12.1% Alcohol Content. Second barrel's alcohol content slowed much faster than first, at around 10% alcohol.

First Bottle bottled on 3/5/09 (Year 1, Peret IV-15). See last siphoning data on First Barrel for stats at bottling. Laughing Thoughts Vintage 7. Tasted on 3/6/09 (Year 1 Peret IV-18). Thin wine, pleasant, warm hints. 12+% Wine.
Second Bottle bottled on 3/8/09 (Year 1, Peret IV-23). Forgot final siphoning data, but was at 12.2% Alcohol Content, with +10 Res. Sugar. Tannin and Acid stats were likely the same as from last siphoning, tho Tannin may have increased slightly. Carpenter's Blend #1 Vintage 7. Tasted on ?. (Tasting Stats).