100 Bottles Of Beer On The Wall
October 2nd, 2005 | 
Author: I have had an enjoyable wine and beer day, and still have some things I want to get done.
Anyone remember that silly song, “100 Bottles of Beer on The Wall?”
100 Bottles of beer on the wall
100 bottles of beer.
You take one down,
You pass it around,
99 bottles of beer on the wall.
99 bottles of beer on the wall
99 bottles of beer.
You take one down,
You pass it around,
98 bottles of beer on the wall.
And so on until you get to 1 bottle of beer on the wall. One of those songs we’d sing as a kid when riding the bus on some long journey to make the time pass.
Well, I don’t quite have 100 bottles of beer “on the wall,” but I do have about 92. And these are 500 ml bottles as well. The Coopers Lager that I bottled about 12 days ago is apparently starting to “come into its own” according to Wendy who sampled one today. And today, I bottled about 46 bottles of a Canadian Red, similar to Rickard’s Red. In about three weeks, this should be quite nice, and at a total cost of around 15.00 for 46 bottles – well, you just can’t beat that.
They are all sitting in a warm part of the house, and will be for the next few weeks before I’ll recommend drinking it. It needs to age a bit as well as do a second fermentation inside the bottles which will also provide some carbonation.
If I can figure out a way to get more space, I’d try making beer like Lance does. But for now, this will do.
I also racked 6 wines this morning. I’m going to record the various bits of information here so I’ll have it handy when I complete the database I’m creating to track all this information:
Valpolicella – Start Date – July 28/05
Today: Specific Gravity – 0.994
Added: 3/4 teaspoon sulphite.
(From a 6 week kit)
To be bottled later this evening.
Pinot Noir – Start Date – August 14/05
Today: Specific Gravity – 0.996
Added: 3/4 teaspoon sulphite
(From a 6 week kit)
To be bottled later this evening.
Liebfraumilch – Start Date – Sept 9/05
Today: Specific Gravity – 0.996
Added: 3/4 teaspoon sulphite and potassium sorbate.
Added: Packet of Isinglass
(From a 4 week kit)
Next racking date: October 9/05
Possibly bottling: October 16/05
Gewurtztrameiner – Start Date – Sept. 9/05
Today: Specific Gravity – 0.994 (Interesting, the original SG on the start date was 1.150 – a tad high!
Added: Packet of sulphite.
(From a 4 week kit)
Observations – a lot of CO2 present, will be doing some degassing over the next few days before adding fining agent and potassium sorbate.
Next racking date: October 9/05
Possibly bottling: October 16/05
Granache – Start date – August 29/05
Today: Specific Gravity – 0.998
Added – 3/4 teaspoon sulphite, 1 teaspoon potassium sorbate
Next racking date: December 1/05
Possibly bottling: March 1/06
(Started from pure juice)
Festa White Blend
Today: Specific Gravity – 0.996
Added – 3/4 teaspoon sulphite, 1 teaspoon potassium sorbate
Next racking date: December 1/05
Possbily bottling: March 1/06
(Started from pure juice)
Observations: This wine has cleared very well on its own. It looks beautiful in fact. I’m going to let this wine bulk age (as with the Granache) on its own without adding any fining agents.
Tomorrow, I am heading back to Beamsville to pick up some pure Reisling! Another “adventure” with David and Dad.
Random Posts
Posted in Wine Making