Extra from primary?

[jayhkr]

Hey guys, so I'm still a few days away from taking my first batch from primary to secondary, but I have a question. IF I have to much wine for my secondary carboy, what do I do with the left over? Keep it in the primary bucket, put it in a secondary carboy even though it won't be anywhere near full, drink it? Just thought I would problem shoot before the "problem" arises! Thank you.

 

[JohnT]

Get a bunch of smaller jugs for the extra. You need to save some for topping off later!

 

[richmke]

Put the extra in a glass bottle. I have an assortment of 1 gallon, 3L, 2L, 750ml, and 375 ml bottles.

Either put on:
1) Airlock
2) Cork
3) vacuum stopper

 

[wineforfun]

To add to the two experts before me, I ALWAYS make extra in the primary just for the reason JohnT states. You are ALWAYS going to need extra for topping up later.

 

[jayhkr]

Sounds good, I just east sure if the fermentation would 've the same in the smaller bottles with so much "head space". Thanks everyone!

 

[Runningwolf]

You can use wine bottles for that little bit of extra wine. If you're using universal bungs, you can flip them upside down and use them on wine bottles.

 

[JohnT]

The goal here is to maintain the least amount of headspace possible. Try to use the size of jugs that can be filled all the way.

 

[jayhkr]

The goal here is to maintain the least amount of headspace possible. Try to use the size of jugs that can be filled all the way.

Yep! Going forward I will do a bit more math so everything comes out better. Thank you all for the help!!