As I peruse the forums, I see quite a few comments about keeping wine in the carboy to bulk age as opposed to aging in the bottle. Why and what does bulk aging do for you that does not happen in the bottle? Nothing I have read in my books has really covered it so far.. Thanks..
Thanks SBW. Good stuff.
In trying to get a better grasp on why I am doing what I am doing at times, why would a recipe not require you to stir at all in primary fermentation? (Kit wines) is there any downside to actually stirring (except for possibility of contamination)?
I am making a batch of apple wine straight from juice. The recipe says only to "cover" until it is placed in the secondary and then it calls for an airlock. The recipe give basically covers using fruit or straight juice and I assume since the fruit would require the lid coming off daily that an...