This may be an ocd question but...
I have varying head space in my bottles after bottling...due to settling I believe. Some bottles have almost no space between the bottle and the wine. Some have an inch.
I read ideally that it should be 3/4 inch space for temp fluctuations. But does a...
Hi all:
How long is it ok to store wine in carboys before bottling?
I have some from 2015,2016 and 2017 still in carboys and was planning on bottling but I'm wondering if its too old. I bottled what i needed approx 1 year after completion but saved some. Any advice is appreciated.
Also...
I added my acti ml/vp41/water to each carboy with a table spoon then stirred. When I stirred, some ran out the top when I displaced the wine w the stirring rod. Do you think that mixture diffuses in to the middle well enough or did I lose it all
My issue is my wine is perfectly topped up in 6 gallon carboys after racking off gross lees. I want to add my culture for MLF. CH16 says I can pour straight in while VP41 says I have to rehydrate w water and add opti malo and acti ml. I don't have room in the carboys to do this. Why the...
Does the white labs culture work?
I have been using vp41 w acti ml and opti malo plus the last few times w good success. But I only have 12 gallons this time and to measure such a small quantity and hydrate w water etc seems like it might be difficult
would be easier to just pour in the white...