This is my first time brewing and I decided to buy a wine-making kit from Northern Brewing and a Washing State Cab kit from Fontana. At about T+30hr, I had an overflow through the airlock. This was late at night and I didn't have a blowoff tube so I just covered it with a clean rag. I installed the blowoff tube the next day. I left the wine undisturbed until tonight, about 8 days since starting the project. I felt no need to check on it in the meantime as our house stays around 70F on average and the yeast was generating a lot of bubbles through a 1" hose.
So tonight, I took a specific gravity reading of 1.026 (started at 1.074) and the wine temperature was 65F. I returned the airlock and I'm getting about 15burb/min (1 ever 4 seconds). I did taste the wine at this stage and it is AMAZING. It is like this wonderful mix of carbonated beer and wine, and very very creamy from the yeast. So good, should definitely be a product as it.
Anyway, I have decided to continue the primary fermentation until S.G. ~1.010. I am still a little gunshy of another blowoff through the airlock.
Does this seem a little strange for a cab to be this vigorous? Or is there nothing to worry about?
Day 0:
After blowoff tube was installed:
Tonight:
So tonight, I took a specific gravity reading of 1.026 (started at 1.074) and the wine temperature was 65F. I returned the airlock and I'm getting about 15burb/min (1 ever 4 seconds). I did taste the wine at this stage and it is AMAZING. It is like this wonderful mix of carbonated beer and wine, and very very creamy from the yeast. So good, should definitely be a product as it.
Anyway, I have decided to continue the primary fermentation until S.G. ~1.010. I am still a little gunshy of another blowoff through the airlock.
Does this seem a little strange for a cab to be this vigorous? Or is there nothing to worry about?
Day 0:
After blowoff tube was installed:
Tonight: