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Thy cheek begins to redden thro' the gloom,
Thy sweet eyes brighten slowly close to mine,
Ere yet they blind the stars, and the wild team
Which love thee, yearning for thy yoke, arise,
And shake the darkness from their loosen'd manes,
And beat the twilight into flakes of fire.
Lo! ever thus thou growest beautiful
In silence, then before thine answer given
Departest, and thy tears are on my cheek." - Alfred Lord Tennyson
14.9.09
11.9.09
L'éléphant Cramoisi
So today was my first day of winemaking.
-What's that you say?? You're winemaking?
-Why yes computer. I'm making muscadine wine.
-Like in that song?
-Yes computer.
-Wow. Nice. *cough 'redneck!'*
-It's gonna be really good. You'll see. I've got a enough to make probably 20 bottles. Although it takes 2-4 years to fully mature.
-Geek. I guess that's cool though. Have you named it?
-What?
-You know. Like Boone's Farm, or Sutter Home.
-A**hole.
-But no seriously, have you named it?
-Yes computer. I'm calling it L'éléphant Cramoisi.
-Lell uh font cramsy?
-L'éléphant Cramoisi.
-What the hell does that mean?
-It means "the crimson elephant" in French. Don't you know how to translate hundreds of languages computer?
-Not when I'm set to understand only one, jerk!
-Oh. My bad.
-So anyways, its called the crimson elephant. Any other details??
-Sure. I used a recipe from this super old website, semi combined with two or three others I found online. But I'm mostly sticking with the first site.
-Wow...talk about your web 1.0. That's some low tech stuff.
-Yeah...but it seems legit. And my readings coincide with it!
-Readings? What are you reading? I'd recommend The Little Prince or A Perfect Day for Bananafish.
-No the wine readings! Chemical stuff. Duh.
-Ohhhh. That's another problem you get when your brain sees everything as definition number 1.
-It's ok computer.
-So what were the readings??
-Well, I guess I'll just go ahead and put them out factually.
Vinification:
Friday, September 11, 2009. 3-6pm (approx) and into primary fermentor.
No yeast added yet.
So far, must has 14lbs (approx) muscadines (13.5±0.5lbs scuppernongs.)
6 quarts of water.
5.8±0.2lbs of Sugar
0.05±0.1lbs of Raw Honey
2.1 tsp of yeast nutrient
2 crushed Campden tablets
Must Temperature (at 6:32pm CST): approx. 80°F.
Humidity (outside, 35401 zip code): 85%
Weather: Cloudy, 75°F (previously cooler and raining)
Pressure: 30.03
Dewpoint: 70°F
First Wine Readings:
pH= 3.3±0.1
SG= 1.112 (approx)
PA= 14%
Balling: 25
At approx 6am I will add pectic enzyme if I can find any.
At 6pm the yeast will be added and fermentation will actually begin.
Wine currently in: primary.
..................................
-Ba bo ba bo beep beep bo bap bo beep. Wow. That's a lot of information.....Wezley. (skip to 6:05 if you wanna see what I'm talking about.)
-I know computer. I don't even think it's that important. But it's nice to have.
-I guess....... Sure. It's great to have! I love information!!
-Suck up. You just don't wanna be replaced!
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Gandhi: "'Black and Tan'! High five, racial pride!"
George Washington Carver: "I don't like those movies, Mahatma. They're full of bad dialogue, contrived plot twists and they perpetuate racial stereotypes."
[throws a ball of paper towards the garbage, misses]
-What's that you say?? You're winemaking?
-Why yes computer. I'm making muscadine wine.
-Like in that song?
-Yes computer.
-Wow. Nice. *cough 'redneck!'*
-It's gonna be really good. You'll see. I've got a enough to make probably 20 bottles. Although it takes 2-4 years to fully mature.
-Geek. I guess that's cool though. Have you named it?
-What?
-You know. Like Boone's Farm, or Sutter Home.
-A**hole.
-But no seriously, have you named it?
-Yes computer. I'm calling it L'éléphant Cramoisi.
-Lell uh font cramsy?
-L'éléphant Cramoisi.
-What the hell does that mean?
-It means "the crimson elephant" in French. Don't you know how to translate hundreds of languages computer?
-Not when I'm set to understand only one, jerk!
-Oh. My bad.
-So anyways, its called the crimson elephant. Any other details??
-Sure. I used a recipe from this super old website, semi combined with two or three others I found online. But I'm mostly sticking with the first site.
-Wow...talk about your web 1.0. That's some low tech stuff.
-Yeah...but it seems legit. And my readings coincide with it!
-Readings? What are you reading? I'd recommend The Little Prince or A Perfect Day for Bananafish.
-No the wine readings! Chemical stuff. Duh.
-Ohhhh. That's another problem you get when your brain sees everything as definition number 1.
-It's ok computer.
-So what were the readings??
-Well, I guess I'll just go ahead and put them out factually.
Vinification:
Friday, September 11, 2009. 3-6pm (approx) and into primary fermentor.
No yeast added yet.
So far, must has 14lbs (approx) muscadines (13.5±0.5lbs scuppernongs.)
6 quarts of water.
5.8±0.2lbs of Sugar
0.05±0.1lbs of Raw Honey
2.1 tsp of yeast nutrient
2 crushed Campden tablets
Must Temperature (at 6:32pm CST): approx. 80°F.
Humidity (outside, 35401 zip code): 85%
Weather: Cloudy, 75°F (previously cooler and raining)
Pressure: 30.03
Dewpoint: 70°F
First Wine Readings:
pH= 3.3±0.1
SG= 1.112 (approx)
PA= 14%
Balling: 25
At approx 6am I will add pectic enzyme if I can find any.
At 6pm the yeast will be added and fermentation will actually begin.
Wine currently in: primary.
..................................
-Ba bo ba bo beep beep bo bap bo beep. Wow. That's a lot of information.....Wezley. (skip to 6:05 if you wanna see what I'm talking about.)
-I know computer. I don't even think it's that important. But it's nice to have.
-I guess....... Sure. It's great to have! I love information!!
-Suck up. You just don't wanna be replaced!
-----------------
Gandhi: "'Black and Tan'! High five, racial pride!"
George Washington Carver: "I don't like those movies, Mahatma. They're full of bad dialogue, contrived plot twists and they perpetuate racial stereotypes."
[throws a ball of paper towards the garbage, misses]
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