Apple Wine Making Progress

Yesterday a friend gave me a lift over to Stalybridge to collect some demijohns from a Facebook Marketplace seller.  I got myself three, 5l size, for £10, which isn't bad.  "Demjohn" is a enjoyable word to say.  I may have mentioned that before, but it remains true.  Here they are:

1.5 johns.

I've acquired these because it'll soon be time to "rack" my apple wine for the first time.  It's been at it for a month now, and the blubbing has slowed, indicating that most of the sugar has been converted into alcohol by the yeast.  There's also a layer of residue at the bottom, and the colour of the liquid has lightened considerably.  These, from what I understand so far, are all good signs.  Here's the wine a month ago, newly transferred from bucket to demijohns:

...and here it is today:

As you can see, the liquid is still fairly cloudy, but I'm hoping this will improve as I separate, by siphon, the wine from the residue.  There's about 8 or 9 litres here, which makes for 10 - 12 bottles.  All is on track to have a supply of home-brewed wine, good enough to give away to others, ready for Christmas.

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