Bulk Aging Question

[slopenutz]

When bulk aging do you just top off the carboy and airlock and "try" to forget about the wine for 6 months... or is there "housekeeping" that needs to be done throughout the process??

 

[JimCook]

It's a good idea to keep your sulfite levels up - 1/4 tsp. per 3 months is a rough estimate. It's also a good idea to make sure your airlock levels are maintained as well. If there is a large amount of solids settling on the bottom of the carboy, you may want torack off of this, although in most cases you'll be down to very limited amounts at the point of bulk aging.

- Jim

 

[Wade E]

Exactly as said above but must add to get and keep your wine topped up as soon as its done fermenting and you have opened the bung because once that has been done you have released the protective layer of C02 that was blanketing your wine.

 

[IQwine]

If you rack to a clean carboy, can you add the dry KMeta to the new carboy before racking?? or do I need to mix with water first?

 

[ibglowin]

Always mix with water first. You wouldn't want to bottle a slug of undissolved KMeta !

 

[Wade E]

Agree, always dissolve in small amount of warm water or it may never disslove properly and wont protect your wine.