Cold crashing logistics

[tmmii]

So I had a white wine that wasn't clearing and put it in an old fridge to help it along. My problem is racking it off without disturbing anything. The carboy is too low for a gravity siphon to work and too high for the siphon to fit in it. Anyone have a solution?


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[peaches9324]

get the larger size siphon only $4.00 more. Sounds like you have the mini

 

[sour_grapes]

If you had a vacuum pump, like the All in One , you could easily rack out of that carboy.

Failing that, I vote you move it out of the fridge, put it on a counter, and wrap a blanket around it. Then wait a couple of hours, and then rack. The blanket will keep it cold for a while while the sediment resettles.

(I don't think I have ever used the word "while" twice in succession before! )

 

[BernardSmith]

A siphon is simply a tube and a tube, like string, can be any length. Self priming siphons are only one way to siphon.

 

[tmmii]

If you had a vacuum pump, like the All in One , you could easily rack out of that carboy.

Failing that, I vote you move it out of the fridge, put it on a counter, and wrap a blanket around it. Then wait a couple of hours, and then rack. The blanket will keep it cold for a while while the sediment resettles.

(I don't think I have ever used the word "while" twice in succession before! )

Yeah I've been putting this off, seems like I can't live without it now.


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