#0004 Pomegranate, Cherry, Apple, Honey wine

day 1) December 4, 2008

• 2 US gallons of Apple cider - Indian Summer
• 1.5 quarts of honey
• 10 cans of Pomegranate Cherry
• add water to 5.5 gallons
• S.G. 1.076 10% potential alcohol
• add 6 Campden tablets
• mix 1 cup of warm water and 1 Tbsp of Bentonite
• wait 24 hours

day 2) December 5, 2008

• add yeast nutrient
• add Pectic Enzyme
• PH 3.8
• add yeast starter
• mix

day 9) Saturday , December 13, 2008

• racked from primary frementer to secondary carboy
• S.G. 1.000 (no sugar left)
• fermentation stopped

day 10) Sunday, Decemeber 14, 2008

• added 10 lbs. of sugar until S.G. 1.074 (very sweet)
• added the orange juice yeast starter
• leave until fermentation stops (alcohol content kills the yeast)

Output 6 U.S. gallons

Batch #0002 Pomegranate Cherry

December 12, 2008 - started clearification

• S.G. 1.018
• added 6 crushed Campden tablets to stop the fermentation
• added 150 ml of sugar
• added Kieselsol clarifying agent
• added Chitosan clarifying agent
• wait at least 24 hours and rack the wine to clean carboy

Saturday December 20, 2008

• bottled 3 gallons
• clarity excellent
• color red (like Cherry juice)
• taste excellent, sweet but not too much
• left 3 gallons in the small carboy because I had no clean bottles and corks

• sweet, 
• final S.G. 1.024
• very good wine