Oct 10

Ambient Temp: 68°, Must Temp: 73°. Added DAP yesterday, 2 tsp dissolved in warm water per small can. I noticed the sulfur smell was gone this morning! We are moving the cans to the cement room to continue their fermentation in air not used by the family. Put in a mini-heater, to keep the ambient temp in the 70′s. Did punchdowns three times today. The must temp stayed in the 70′s. A sample sent to Janice at Steele came back with the following results:
pH: 4.0, brix at 3.5°. We will add tartaric acid at press to bring down the pH a bit.