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Welcome to the Mythic Mountian Monitor, the personal brew log (blog, get it?) of BrewDude. BrewDude lives in Aurora, CO and occasionally visits various brewing forums. BrewDude brews beer occasionally but finds his passion in mead.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

New Pinot Noir Pyment

My second red wine kit pyment is in the fermenters. This time, since the Oregon Yamhill Pinot Noir kit is no longer available, I used its replacement, the Sonoma Valley Pinot Noir kit. The experience was almost exactly the same as last time. After prep, the 6 gallons of wine juice from the kit had an OG of 1.092. After splitting, I added 9 pounds of orange blossom honey and 1.25 gallons of water to bring the pyment O.G. to 1.122. I pitched 10g of RC-212 yeast prepped with Go-Ferm in the pyment. I added 1 oz of house toast french oak cubes in the wine, and 2 oz in the pyment.

I'm going to rest, and I hope to have the Riesling pyment done tonight.

The Chocolate Raspberry Port is bubbling nicely.

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