Noticeable melt

When Sasha and I checked the crate this morning there was a noticeable amount of melt around the base of the foam support, and we collected about 200ml of light brown-coloured melt run-off via the drainage hose.

Of course, we wondered straight away if the melt would smell like whisky – and there was a definite smell of whisky initially. Once the run off was in the bottle and we had another sniff, the aroma was the rich smell of damp wood. We’ve left the sample on the work table in the cool room for the time being, meanwhile further melt run-off will continue to be collected.

Change to the large chunk of ice visible in the top corner of the crate (front right in the webcam view) is slow, that chunk of ice looks to be several centimetres deep.

The fastest way to remove ice is to physically remove it, so this morning we investigated the possibility of chipping some of that ice chunk away. However, it so solid, and currently so well connected to the crate walls and contents, that chipping the ice will cause vibration to the rest of the crate so we decided against ice-chipping. We will re-investigate that possibility as the thaw progresses.

Visible melt on the tray under the crate

Bottle containing the melt liquid

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