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the manual will help . http://www.morewinemaking.com/public/pdf/wwhiw.pdf you can freeze the juice to give you some time to get ready.

lots of places to buy supplies in Canada , there are more homewinemakers here per capita than anywhere else on earth. where are you ?

its pretty young to be bottleing it , thats why its still full of gas . yours might have even gone into mlf on its own and thats why its bubbly. whats the rush? mine only finished mlf in february and went into barrel in march.

It could be reductive , does splash decanting help? Tell us about your winemaking process step by step .

"Google yeast, autolysis. It's the process of the yeast breaking down after fermentation and creating off flavors. It's a much bigger deal in tall, skinny fermenters where there is a lot pressure on the yeast cake. Is that a problem for the OP? I don't know but it's something to consider when...

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You don't get into volume / heat problems until you are fermenting at least half a tonne in one container ,, 200lbs is less than a full brute . 200lbs at 60'f ambient is still a bit on the low side , a small portable heater wouldn't be a bad idea . Put something to act like insulation under the...

http://morewinemaking.com/category/speidel-plastic-tanks-1.html Seidel tanks are good for smaller volumes but have a similar o2 permeability as the HD ft, I have one 60l They chew through so2 a faster than a carboy but fine for 8-12 month storage . They are small too

The floating skins give a variable capacity ability they sit on the surface of the wine reducing headspace issues , saturating the headspace with an inert gas gives further protection . I put the skin on after I've racked the wine off the gross lees and into the tank , innoculate mlb and...

The tall skinny nature of a flex tank makes for a good fermentation vessel for whites And for my Pinot noir I made a screen with a stainless frame that fits in the dexter top and do a submerged cap ferment . This I blend with the wide fermenter Pinot before barreling

You guys need to get out more . Flex tanks have been independently tested in both the wine trade magazines . Wbm & w&v . Most of the research came from early negative experience with oxidisation in plastic containers , changing the formulation and wall thickness allowed the dialling in of...

It would take less time to take a hydrometer reading than to post your question. Bubbles mean nothing .

I blended them together , the barrel, tank and carboy before bottling which worked out well. I did bottle a case of each before blending to see how it develops individually as comparison to the main batch ( 45 cases)

In 2012 I did a side by side with my flex tank with staves in it and a one year old barrel and compared with a carbou of the same wine and aged them for a year. Yes the free so2 levels dropped at more or less the same as the barrel . The micro ox effect of the flex tank is noticeable , the...

71b would be an option , it's just as available and cheap as other yeasts and will eat 5-10% of the malic

I have a BI barrel and a couple Vadais , they are essentially identical .

That would be ok . Are you using acidex for the adjustment? Are these hybrid grapes? What's your TA? 3.1 is low but still in the range where you could use Marvin b yeast (eats 55% malic during primary) followed by mlf and cold stabilizing .

many white wines contain proteins that cause haze issue that are not sediment related. this is why many commercial producers fine with bentonite before cold stabilising. if its sediment related filtering would help. a two part fining agent like that used it kits will fix this haze whether it...

3 hours wasn't long enough , 12-24 should do it. or fill with water with a lottle sulfite in it and if it doesn't seal up after 3 days , then it probably wont without tightening the bands

thats why I gave a temperature , without an external thermostat controler a chest freezer sits at 0'F or -17'C your garage is a better option even with the swings. you can always wrap it in blakets to moderate the swings.