Bottled
Yesterday I decided it was time to bottle.
I do not own a vacuum pump of my own so I borrowed one to rack and filter through a 5micron poly filter recommended by Wade and a few other on this site.
Went from a 5g better bottle to a glass carboy to bottles..
Ran kmeta through filter first like recommended in numerous threads. This also served as a test for the system.
Setting up the filter and pump hoses
Filter filling up was the first sign I was doing something right
Next it was bottling time.
Followed by corking using an Italian floor corker.(must say, I tried the plunger method for mead a week ago and said no way, the floor corker made it such an easy process.) used both natural and synthetic corks, I tested 5-7 synthetics for leakage from the crease some people see however I did not find one, so hopefully I lucked out!
Added PVC shrink wrap onto the tops and applying the labels this weekend!
Now its time to compile my data and formulate a scientific report!
I really enjoyed the wine making process, now its only a question of what to start next.
