Index

I think the brews should have an indexing number to keep track of them.
I like Moley (from thehomebrewforum.co.uk)'s method of labelling them. The first 2 numbers of the index are the year it was started, the 2nd 2 are a consecutive number for the year.

I'm going to add 2 more numbers to indicate the total number produced since records began.

For this purpose I will assume records begin with the 2 I have left maturing in DJs from 2010.

#100101 Bullace
#100202 Cranberry mead
#110103 Blackberry and elderberry
#110204 Greengage
#110305 Toffee Apple Cider
#110406 WBOW
#110507 WOBW
#110608 WOW

And posts should then be tagged with the index codes that they are about.

Wurzels nearly ready

Took an hydrometer reading of the Wurzels this morning.

Came in at 0994, which is about a dry-medium. I could stabilise now and rack it into a second DJ, but will leave it over the weekend and tend to it on Monday.
By then the WBOW might be at a point when it can be stabilised and racked too.

What's brewing at the moment?

Things brewing at the moment:

Bubbling:

Blackberry & Elderberry wine - 3 gallons

Greengage wine - 5 gallons

Toffee Apple Cider - 1 gallon

Wurzels Blood Orange Wine - 1 gallon

Wurzels Orange Blush Wine - 1 gallon

Wurzels Orange Wine - 1 gallon

Maturing:

Bullace wine (2010) - 1 gallon

Cranberry Mead (2010) - 1 gallon

Part of the reason why I wanted to do this was that I've forgotten most of the original gravities (OGs) of most of those brews. However, the Toffee Apple Cider only went on last night so I know that one is 1068.

Start

Hi all,

I'm gonna be honest. At times this blog may get boring. I'll try to avoid that, but I think it is inevitable.

Why?

Because this isn't really a blog for you, the reader. Of course you're welcome to come here and visit and read and ask questions and I'd love it if lots of people did that.

But this is mainly for my purpose.

Why?

Well, I like making wine. I make quite a bit of wine. (Not as much as some, but more than most people.) But I'm not very good at keeping records of my wine. Most winemakers will tell you that one of the most important things you can do is to keep records. Well, I'm not very good at that.

So I'm hoping that if I keep a blog, I will be keeping records in the process.

I'll make my posts as interesting as I can, but just occasionally I'll probably post something that I do simply want a record kept of - and that might just be a list of numbers!

Anyway, if you're reading this, please do leave a comment to say hi!

Luke