HELP!

[guitar309]

so the big day is here.... degassing... I transfered to a clean carboy... now.... I have used the drill.... got no bubbles... used vacu vin.... no bubbles

whats going on here?? I can't get anything to happen..

 

[grapeman]

What is the temperature it is sitting at?

 

[guitar309]

its sitting at 63 right now

but I just just add a little bit of wine to top it off and that might have brought the temp down a bit... it is -17 here right now with a wind chill of -35 .... I have the heat cranking but I don't know why its so cool??? not good...

but I did rack in a bucket then racked again back to carboy.. so would the splash racking do anything?

 

[grapeman]

The splashing will get a bit out, but that temperature is too cold for degassing. Get the temp of it up to 70-75 brfore attempting to degas. When you do that, it will give it up much easier. You may have to wait for the weather to moderate a bit.

 

[Wade E]

Agree with appleman, you wont get much gas out at that temp.

 

[whino-wino]

Do you have a Brew-Belt? That would be a big help.

 

[guitar309]

is it ok to sit like that a few days without putting in the potassium metabislufite? and maybe I can put it in front of the heater vent or wrap a blanket around it... lol

 

[Wade E]

I would put it in a warm tub of water to get it up to temp.

 

[fish1onthefly]

-35 yikes! I hope you have the heater turned up!

 

[joeswine]

BELLY BAN sounds like a good idea,how does the wine taste sweet or not..........

 

[Jeff D]

guitar, unless you need the carboy you can add sulfite and forget about it until spring. Our wines don't get any attention until after April 15th. then I will hit them with a vengeance.



Jeff