I'd like some feedback on what I should have done differently on my first Mosti kit which is a Barolo Masters kit.
I've been following the instructions to the letter in an attempt to get the best result. The instructions say that the first racking from the primary should be done on day 3-5 when the SG is 1.040-1.050. Anyway, on Day3 (yesterday) the SG was 1.035 and the foam had died down so I decided to go ahead and rack even though it seemed a bit early to me. Yikes! The carboy overflowed with buckets of foam and fluid. I put the airlock on to try and stem the volcano and needless to say that wasn't very pretty either. I ended up putting a carboy cap on with a blowoff tube such as one use in beermaking. It seems to be doing ok now but I think I lost all of the juice I squeezed from the grapes
What have people been doing with these Mosti kits? Do you rack when they say too or do you wait? What should I have done differently?
Regards
Randy
I've been following the instructions to the letter in an attempt to get the best result. The instructions say that the first racking from the primary should be done on day 3-5 when the SG is 1.040-1.050. Anyway, on Day3 (yesterday) the SG was 1.035 and the foam had died down so I decided to go ahead and rack even though it seemed a bit early to me. Yikes! The carboy overflowed with buckets of foam and fluid. I put the airlock on to try and stem the volcano and needless to say that wasn't very pretty either. I ended up putting a carboy cap on with a blowoff tube such as one use in beermaking. It seems to be doing ok now but I think I lost all of the juice I squeezed from the grapes
What have people been doing with these Mosti kits? Do you rack when they say too or do you wait? What should I have done differently?
Regards
Randy