rrawhide
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hi everyone
question - when bulk aging in the carboys do you leave the airlock on or replace it with a solid carboy cap? This is still wine so ----
also, when you rack off the oak after a min of 8 weeks do you add new oak cubes after that? The reason that I ask is that a commercial winemaker friend uses neutral barrels and adds oak chips for 2 months - racks into a clean barrel and adds more oak chips and lets sit for a year - - -
another commercial friend has a new barrel and a neutral barrel for each batch - lets them age for 1 year and then blends the barrels together for a rather good taste. wonder if we could do that with our 6 gallon carboys - add oak to one for 6 months and none in the other - then blend the two before bottling - anybody ever done this?
thanx for all your advice - - -
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
rrawhide
Edited by: rrawhide
question - when bulk aging in the carboys do you leave the airlock on or replace it with a solid carboy cap? This is still wine so ----
also, when you rack off the oak after a min of 8 weeks do you add new oak cubes after that? The reason that I ask is that a commercial winemaker friend uses neutral barrels and adds oak chips for 2 months - racks into a clean barrel and adds more oak chips and lets sit for a year - - -
another commercial friend has a new barrel and a neutral barrel for each batch - lets them age for 1 year and then blends the barrels together for a rather good taste. wonder if we could do that with our 6 gallon carboys - add oak to one for 6 months and none in the other - then blend the two before bottling - anybody ever done this?
thanx for all your advice - - -
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
rrawhide
Edited by: rrawhide