I make beer as well as wine. I have been using only 1 carboy for beer, the other for wine.
Rather than rack back into my primary, clean out the carboy, and rack back into it, could I use the carbory I use for making beer if I clean it and sanitze it very carefully? Or do I need to buy another carboy?
2nd question:
The last batch of wine I made failed misearably and I'm not sure why. When I racked from the primary into the carboy, I almost zero sediment. When I stirred in the chemicals a few days later, there was no sediment at all in the bottom of the carboy -- which there usually is at this point.
Any idea what I did wrong??? Should I have taken some of the sediment from the primary??
Thanks for any help you can offer -- I'm making a merlot next, and don't want to screw this one up!
Susan
Rather than rack back into my primary, clean out the carboy, and rack back into it, could I use the carbory I use for making beer if I clean it and sanitze it very carefully? Or do I need to buy another carboy?
2nd question:
The last batch of wine I made failed misearably and I'm not sure why. When I racked from the primary into the carboy, I almost zero sediment. When I stirred in the chemicals a few days later, there was no sediment at all in the bottom of the carboy -- which there usually is at this point.
Any idea what I did wrong??? Should I have taken some of the sediment from the primary??
Thanks for any help you can offer -- I'm making a merlot next, and don't want to screw this one up!
Susan