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thanks! What sort of fitting should I put in my glass carboy? would a standard rubber cork with hole with a piece of racking tube through it do the trick? I ask these silly questions because my first kit turned out okay, but very gassy, after doing triple the whipping with a drill recommended...

I'm really confused now. I thought the purpose of this vacuum racking was to degas your wine, but in another thread, I saw that it doesn't degas? If it doesn't degas, how do you degas with an aspirator pump?

Logically, I would think I should not add anything to the WE kits the first time, until I know if I want to change them? Is this just "a waste of a kit" when more oak is always better? I think I know what oak tastes like in a chardonnay, but not in a red. Got a quick description?

So are you saying add chips to bulk aging? If so, leave them there for the whole bulk aging time? Wade, now I'm really confused, I thought in the thread about "degassing with vacuum" that was the point of your racking technique. If it's not, how does one use a vacuum to degas?

okay, very helpful! You mention add the oak during aging...The kit says to add it during primary? I assume most of it is gone by the time you get to secondary since it says to leave the sediment?

Thanks for the helpful replies! I don't plan on doing any of this until next weekend, just trying to get the steps down before hand! Wade, you mention racking and then degassing. Doesn't your vacuum racking method do a good job degassing in the transfer process? Do you still need to...

Okay, again appreciating the help. I now have a WE Aussie Shiraz/cab in 2ndary. I wanted to check my plans before the next steps: After fermentation stops, you add metabisulfate and sorbate, stir. Add isinglass, stir. I will have everything I need to do the vacuum racking method as...

thanks! By the way, I also heard once is sufficient for degassing? Do you run it through several times or just the one time?

Hello, I'm about three months into this adventure and my first batch was very gassy. I have bought an aspirator pump to try this setup that Wade and Lurker are talking about. A bunch of questions... The racking cane in the receiving carboy is to minimize splashing? I thought I read...