Recent content by Paddy

Steve, The reference to using the airloc is from this site. It's on the Tutorial area. Though not required, it says to use it if insects could enter. I keep the fermentor in a food pantry so it could be exposed to little beasts that hang with potatoes. Patrick

Casper, My kit said to use the airloc. If I just place the lid on 'nasty' things might get in! And most critical...I couldn't see the airloc bubble! patrick

Casper, I have a 6.5 gal bucket/lid. It is very close to a 'drywall compound' bucket. It came with a gromet for the air loc. The lid has a real positive snap fit. Your containers look easy to use. patrick

Casper, I read that too be Masta. I was thinking how much O2 can present in the primary fremitation with an airloc and all than CO2 exiting? Seams it would fill that space in 10 sec! From a diff point of view, the juice has lots of O2 trapped? I'm at day 5 on primary frem. I should be...

Jobe, From my experince watching; you could not vac long because the foam would get sucked in the vacuum. He would do very short bursts and wait for the gas to rise. As this happened, the vacuum would decrease. Your point is taken about a gage Could be a big expensive mess patrick

Bilbo, I mentioned om a prev post that a friend uses a vacuum pump to degas. I was amazed how much gas came out! He states he learned this trick from a very experinced frind and has never had a gas problem. Does any one know if this Sangiovese needs a long aging process like a Cab? I was...

OK I did it. I started the Winexpert Selection International, Italian Sangiovese. 4 gal concentrait making 6 gal product(wine!) If anybody has segestions/cautions for this wine, I'm all ears. We have followed the direction very closely...so far. patrick

OK then, I will build a low cost vacuum degasser. If it goes well I will post a material list and 'how to'. patrick

Masta, Not sure the connection between the using a drill stir and de gassing? I'm talking about the final step before it goes to the bottle. As for the expense, just working on the sience here first. Is it good for a total de gass because what I saw was very effective. I'm an engineer...

I'm new to both this site as well to wine making. I will be starting soon. Question though. A friend mechanically degasses with a vacuum pump prior to bottling. In the carboy stopper, he places the vacuum line. Turns on the pump for 15-30 sec then shuts it off. He leaves the line attached so it...