I'm a noob so forgive me, I have searched and read a million and one threads about degassing and how it's such an extremely important part of wine making, however, I still have some questions.
So far, I have only made kit wines. The degassing steps in these kits say to take a spoon and stir (or rip) through the wine to cause the degassing, according to the kits most say to do it for about 5 minutes or so. That's typically the extent of it. I have a fizz-x I believe it's called and I typically degass for about 10min or more during the step above. I typically stop even though I could still get more gas out of the wine.
Is it safe for me to go back a few days later and degass again even though the kit instructions don't call for it? I have 3 carboys full of finished wine just waiting to be bottled, should I degass them again before I bottle? With this harm them in anyway? If I understand correctly this could cause oxidation, which is more worth risking? Oxidizing the wine but degassing it further, or less oxidation and more CO2 in the wine?
Is there a very detailed article about degassing that you know of?
Thank you all in advance!
So far, I have only made kit wines. The degassing steps in these kits say to take a spoon and stir (or rip) through the wine to cause the degassing, according to the kits most say to do it for about 5 minutes or so. That's typically the extent of it. I have a fizz-x I believe it's called and I typically degass for about 10min or more during the step above. I typically stop even though I could still get more gas out of the wine.
Is it safe for me to go back a few days later and degass again even though the kit instructions don't call for it? I have 3 carboys full of finished wine just waiting to be bottled, should I degass them again before I bottle? With this harm them in anyway? If I understand correctly this could cause oxidation, which is more worth risking? Oxidizing the wine but degassing it further, or less oxidation and more CO2 in the wine?
Is there a very detailed article about degassing that you know of?
Thank you all in advance!
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