This is why we label our fermenters!

[winemaker81]

A picture can be worth a thousand words!



If making more than 1 batch of a type, e.g., red wine, at one time -- label your fermenters. You will remember which is which up until the time you mix them up.

12 containers holding 9 different wines ...

 

[Scooter68]

My "little game" is that as the wine is racking from one carboy to the other (Gravity racking) I move the label card on a string like winmaker81 shows. I do it by sliding over the racking hose onto the neck of the new carboy. Yeah when you are bored and just sitting there watching the wine flow you come up silly things to entertain yourself. I have a sloped racking stand that I place the old carboy on and then as it gets to the bottom I tilt the carboy even more. Of course I'm watching to see any signs of sediment getting sucked up so I can life the siphon rod up to stop the flow.