Racking 07-20-08
In our previous fermentation, it was more than a 1 gallon carboy could handle, so we put the extra in a 1/2 gallon milk jug. We didn’t have a proper seal for the milk jug so we drilled a hole in the cup & stuck the airlock in the hole. It fermented slower than the carboy for a few days, then it stopped while the other was going full steam ahead. We suspected air was leaking out of our homemade mil cup fermentation lock so we were wondering if it was going to turn out. When we racked today and Lateef siphoned, he said the milk jug wine tasted better than the carboy wine. I tasted the wine, and it tasted NOTHING like blueberries. Not even a hint of blueberry flavor. Now we have a proper fermentation lock on both of them and got lots of sediment out when we racked. The milk jug wine register a more progressive hydrometer & percentage reading. They are both slowly bubbling after racking.
Hydrometer reading, 1 gallon bottle: 1.002
% reading, 1 gallon bottle: .5%
Hydrometer reading 1/2 gallon bottle: .992
% reading, 1/2 gallon bottle: -1%
