Volume 74 Item 05: Sir William Macarthur memoranda regarding vintage, 1848: No. 20

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March 13th No 7 large cask Head out about  220 gals  1104o 10 gals New B
  No 2 puncheon  80 @      1107     4   "       "
March 14th  recd as follows No 3 puncheon  80  "        1107     4   "      "        
  total 380  @      1105o  18

worked very gently all day having commenced each cask very strongly after being crushed & put to fermentation.

March 15th Worked up strongly in night at 8 a.m. thick rough head not rocky temp 92o. at 5 P.M. temp 94o - strong fermentation at 6 P.M. added 12 gals new B total 30

March 16th at noon fermentation subsiding, head nearly absorbed temp 94o still sweet

March 17th Nearly subsided gentle effervescence going on head absorbed Sp grav 1023 : 88. At 4 P.M. racked off into [indecipherable] No 4 large cask at grav of 1019o temp 86

March 18th working very gently at bung (not brisk enough)

March Monday 20th sp. grav 1012¼ : 76 working very gently - original grav equal to about 1150o has probably left to alternate about 25o & may work down -

                                                                                gals
                       No 8      Do           Do                         220    1103    10 Gals New B.
March 14th recd as follows  { No 4 puncheon            80    1106o    5      Do
                                            {part of No 5                  80     1106o         Do
                                                                                 380    1104o  19
worked gently from time of being crushed

March 15th worked up strongly in the night at 8 a.m. temp 88o - Head thick & rough not rocky. Continued to work in same way all day ay 5 P.M. temp 88o at 6 P.M. added 11 gals New B. total 30 gals.

March 16th at noon fermentation subsiding head nearly absorbed temp 94o still sweet

March 17th Head absorbed. gentle effervescence only going on Sp grav 1021o : 88o - at 5 P.M. racked off into [indecipherable] No 5

March 18th working very gently

March Monday 20th Sp. grav 1014½ : 74 working too gently has probably about 27o to left to alternate original grav being calculated at about 1150 with additives 

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