Oak chips in mesh, or not?

[JoeCal1952]

Hello,
I have made a few batches of wine using the fastferment and have always thrown the oak right into the wine. Just wondering. I have purchased a mesh bag for the chips, but when I get ready to pitch the yeast, won't that yeast cling onto the bag at some point not allowing it to drop into the collection ball? Am I missing something...Does it matter how you do the oak? With the fastferment, oak directly in the must can cause clogs near the valve when going to degas and stabilze.
Thanks!

 

[scram]

I'm not real familiar with the fast fermenter.. Will you be transferring to a carboy for bulk aging? If so, I'd toss the oak in then for a couple months then rack off of it...

 

[JoeCal1952]

I'm not real familiar with the fast fermenter.. Will you be transferring to a carboy for bulk aging? If so, I'd toss the oak in then for a couple months then rack off of it...

That's what most of the folks have been telling me to do, but because of a bad back, it is hard for me to work with a carboy. so I let my wine age in the bottle. Maybe not the best thing, but I haven't opened a bad bottle yet. Thanks for the input!

 

[scram]

Hopefully someone that uses your setup will chime in

 

[JoeCal1952]

Hopefully someone that uses your setup will chime in

It's OK....For now I just threw the chips and powder into the must. It'll take a little extra clearing but all is well. Thanks!!!