I guess during fermentation, is my only concern...here in Louisiana my barn gets hotter than fermenting temps should be; terribly violent fermentation of a blackberry wine last year...this year I want to try to keep the temperatures in check; all phases.
Anyone use deep freezers with temp controllers for wine making? I didn't seem to find many posts about it. My question is about closing the lid...will the air in there be so tight that the air lock won't allow gas to escape? Also, maybe it's good to keep the air out while aging?
I'd like to...
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I very much enjoy these extended instructions(big reds), however I do integrate into whatever kit I'm brewing at the time; as anothers have said. For the most part it seems mostly to rely on natural degassing and bulk aging.
These are my questions:
Why take a gallon of...