Stickymatch
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So I'm making an Eclipse Stag Merlot kit and proceeded to the stabilizing and clearing stage a couple of days ago. Based on some advice on another thread, I wasn't fully degassed and went to degas again this evening.
So here's my issue. I have the carboy in a 50 gal stock tank filled with water and heated to 74F to keep the wine at 74F as indicated in the instructions. Due to poor light visibility into the stock tank, I decided to lift the carboy out to degas using a brew hauler previously attached on the carboy. When lifting, somehow the brew hauler slipped off the carboy causing the carboy to fall against the stock tank wall. Water is everywhere, some wine spilled in the stock tank, the airlock was floating in the tank. I have no idea if water from the stock tank got into the wine but can only assume. The water is filtered with an aquarium filter but is otherwise open to the air.
Should I dump the wine and start over? If I proceed to let it run it's course, what's the likelihood of contamination and how long does it take to manifest itself?
Can someone talk me off the ledge.
So here's my issue. I have the carboy in a 50 gal stock tank filled with water and heated to 74F to keep the wine at 74F as indicated in the instructions. Due to poor light visibility into the stock tank, I decided to lift the carboy out to degas using a brew hauler previously attached on the carboy. When lifting, somehow the brew hauler slipped off the carboy causing the carboy to fall against the stock tank wall. Water is everywhere, some wine spilled in the stock tank, the airlock was floating in the tank. I have no idea if water from the stock tank got into the wine but can only assume. The water is filtered with an aquarium filter but is otherwise open to the air.
Should I dump the wine and start over? If I proceed to let it run it's course, what's the likelihood of contamination and how long does it take to manifest itself?
Can someone talk me off the ledge.