I just finished with a heck of a very helpfull session from wade, appleman and touchtoomuch on my previous post concerning dandelion wine problems.
But my new topic is about the 6.5 gallon carboys that I will be using when it comes time to rack my dandelion wine.
I only have these two, and I will have two 4.5 gallon batches to rack( each has a different yeast so I planned on keeping them seperated)
If there is just a slight amount of fermenting happenig when I rack, do I really need to be concerned with the amount of headspace above the wine? because if it is still fermenting, won't that space be filled with co2 and not oxygen?
And if it is done fermenting, any thoughts about if I were to inject some inert gas into the head space( I was thinking of ARGON from my welding tank set up)----oh I can see someone out there getting the'big eye' right now andjumping at they're keyboard --come on, hit me with it....
While I'm at it , if it was an emergency, is it that much of a deal to use a water cooler 5 gallon carboy if I sanitized it?
Would there really be that much oxygen penetration through the plastic that could affect a wine like mine( dandelion, or the low end Island Mist) vs. the high end wine kits with they're more complex flavors?Edited by: termini
But my new topic is about the 6.5 gallon carboys that I will be using when it comes time to rack my dandelion wine.
I only have these two, and I will have two 4.5 gallon batches to rack( each has a different yeast so I planned on keeping them seperated)
If there is just a slight amount of fermenting happenig when I rack, do I really need to be concerned with the amount of headspace above the wine? because if it is still fermenting, won't that space be filled with co2 and not oxygen?
And if it is done fermenting, any thoughts about if I were to inject some inert gas into the head space( I was thinking of ARGON from my welding tank set up)----oh I can see someone out there getting the'big eye' right now andjumping at they're keyboard --come on, hit me with it....
While I'm at it , if it was an emergency, is it that much of a deal to use a water cooler 5 gallon carboy if I sanitized it?
Would there really be that much oxygen penetration through the plastic that could affect a wine like mine( dandelion, or the low end Island Mist) vs. the high end wine kits with they're more complex flavors?Edited by: termini