I have spent the last hour reading all the past articles fromthe newsletters, mainly in reguards to degassing and potassium metabisulfite.
I see now why wines need to be degassed ( since I don't want to wait months on end for nature, time and gravity to degas it for me. I have company coming ya know,ahah
So, that much makes sense and tells me why I am purchasing a drill mount degasser.
But when it comes to potassium metabisulfite / stablizers added just before bottlin, does this also have to be stirred to death before bottling to remove the sulfur smell ? I added a tab to a gallon I put in the fridge to cold rack , I opened it up the other night and WOW what a nasty nasty smell of sulfur.
Also I read from your writers about, after first racking, ( 10 ) days after, the second racking would get the K-Meta then the fourth before bottling but they mentioned a 3 to 4 month time spam difference...
If I was to do a first rack, no tab since I still have CO2 , then 10 days later add 1 tab to the gallon, let it sit two weeks before bottling, is that enough time spam to add another tab before bottling, or whill that one still work ?
I'm just trying to take what you use as a average rule of thumb, but also I try to keep in mind, a gallon jug is going to settle much quicker I would think then 5 or 6 gallons of dead yeasties.
Thanks again,
Kyle
I see now why wines need to be degassed ( since I don't want to wait months on end for nature, time and gravity to degas it for me. I have company coming ya know,ahah
So, that much makes sense and tells me why I am purchasing a drill mount degasser.
But when it comes to potassium metabisulfite / stablizers added just before bottlin, does this also have to be stirred to death before bottling to remove the sulfur smell ? I added a tab to a gallon I put in the fridge to cold rack , I opened it up the other night and WOW what a nasty nasty smell of sulfur.
Also I read from your writers about, after first racking, ( 10 ) days after, the second racking would get the K-Meta then the fourth before bottling but they mentioned a 3 to 4 month time spam difference...
If I was to do a first rack, no tab since I still have CO2 , then 10 days later add 1 tab to the gallon, let it sit two weeks before bottling, is that enough time spam to add another tab before bottling, or whill that one still work ?
I'm just trying to take what you use as a average rule of thumb, but also I try to keep in mind, a gallon jug is going to settle much quicker I would think then 5 or 6 gallons of dead yeasties.
Thanks again,
Kyle