Jpb220
Junior
Hi everyone, new to the forum and have been using a lot of the tips included to make my first batch of wine this year, a fig wine sourced from a big fig tree in my yard.
When making it I loaded up a 6.5 gallon primary bucket and realized I had too much material and it would likely overflow once the yeast started fermentation. So instead of having a mess I pitched the yeast and then scooped out about a gallon of material and put it in a smaller 2 gallon bucket.
That was 36 hours ago. Fermentation hasn’t been as fast as I expected but it’s definitely happening. Until today, when I stirred both buckets there was a modest amount of bubbles. However today I noticed that that when I stirred them the smaller bucket is fermenting a lot faster than the larger one. Is this a problem? Should I mix it back in the 6.5 gallon and just let it’s do its thing instead of separating it? My fermentation isn’t that violent so now I don’t think it will overflow too much if it does at all. With all material in the 6.5 gallon bucket I had about an inch of headspace.
When making it I loaded up a 6.5 gallon primary bucket and realized I had too much material and it would likely overflow once the yeast started fermentation. So instead of having a mess I pitched the yeast and then scooped out about a gallon of material and put it in a smaller 2 gallon bucket.
That was 36 hours ago. Fermentation hasn’t been as fast as I expected but it’s definitely happening. Until today, when I stirred both buckets there was a modest amount of bubbles. However today I noticed that that when I stirred them the smaller bucket is fermenting a lot faster than the larger one. Is this a problem? Should I mix it back in the 6.5 gallon and just let it’s do its thing instead of separating it? My fermentation isn’t that violent so now I don’t think it will overflow too much if it does at all. With all material in the 6.5 gallon bucket I had about an inch of headspace.