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Tuesday 7th March

                                           Verdeilho

4th load  1108 } about 20 gals of this in No 3
5            1108 } average about 1109º In No 4 open cask 
6             1111 }

March 8th Beginning to work strongly temp 72º º(7 gals B.) at noon very thick rocky head temp 76º aded 10 gals B. (total 17 B.)

March 9th at 8 a.m. fermentation very strong head very rough & rocky sp grav 1058º - Temp 92º

March 10th at noon fermentation subsiding head partly absorbed         sp grav 1031º - Temp 92º

March 11th at noon fermentation going on gently but brisk, head quite absorbed     sp grav 1019º - Temp 91º
racked off as follows
Imto No 2 lasrg cask in the cellar about    370
to which added from No 3 open about        50 
                                                                   420 gals

Calculations with respect to three large casks of [indecipherable] in clear muck & off this day vizt 
 

  No 1  350 gals of No 2 @ 1152º (with additions)  
  8 per Ct of Brand  70     "       No 1      1145º (                    1)  = 483350º / 420
on   420 gals @ 1151º 5/6ths   
Large casks No 2 370 gals of No 4 @ 1133½ (with additions)   
  4 1/3 per ct of Brand  50 gals No 3 @ 1132 475900º / 420
  = 420 gals @ 1133º  
  No 3 300 gals @ 1132º   
  5 per ct Brandy 120 gals @ 1145º (with additions) on 477000º / 420
    420 gals @ 1135º ¾  

Ripe No 1    112 gals    @    1145º
6 2/3 pr ct Brand
 

March 12th grav 1015  :  78
March 14th   " 1008  :  76º
March 20th  1002½   70

 

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