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Has anyone used those 5 gallon water bottles for water coolers as a secondary fermenter? Does anyone know of any drawbacks to this practice?
I am currently using a bucket (primary), glass carboy (secondary) to brew. I have read up on the benefits of the conical fermenter and can`t help but think that the price vs product is very high (e
...cipe. The initial hydrometer reading was around 1.098 or approx.
13% alcohol. I made it directly in the carboy and covered it with a paper towel as per the instructions. The fermentation went fine ...
...icult to get a s.p. reading with the cherry's in the primary.
after fermentation i placed the fluid in carboy.
1 year later and 6 rackings the wine has too much alcohol.
with out watering it do...
...ch, because I always ran out in the past. Went thru the whole process and now have 30 gallons of it in 6 carboys. It is stalled out and way to sweet. I started it to make a 14-15 % and it has some ...
...emble dirty milk, don't worry, this is normal. Rack [syphon] the mixture into a 5 gallon glass or plastic carboy. Attach a fermentation airlock. Allow it to continue as a second fermentation for about...
...stic.... but I don't think they know any more about the subject than I...
Should I use a Plastic or Glass Carboy?...
I brew beer so I have (2) 6.5 gallon glass carboys. I have heard that using a 6.5 gallon carboy is not recommended because of the .5 gallon of head space but wouldn't the escaping CO2 keep the wine fr
...in there or leave it where it is?
Then we get to secondary fermentation which I know should be done in a carboy but all I have is another bucket only with a spigot. Is it better to skip secondary and...
I have a large number of 5 and 7 gallon carboys in my Garage. They are in great condition just don't have time for wine making any more.
Also have a small grape/cide press and an Italian floor corke
..., both Red Star. One is Montrachet, the other is Premier Cuvee. Since this process is going to occupy a carboy for the better part of a year, I'd like to get the yeast thing right. If you have swee...
... kegs
Complete Handbook of Homebrewing by Dave Miller
Spring `94 Zymergy magazine
1 pint betadyne
1 carboy brush
1 5 gallon food grade bucket (used to sterilize equipment)
Brewing (mash & w...
... all know the more time you allow the wine to develop, the better the result.However, I only have so many carboys sitting around, and by bottling some of them, I can start the "next generation".
So, ...
...fter waiting ten minutes. The other strange instruction called for stirring the wine after racking to the carboy for secondary fermentation, calling this step an initial degassing.
Both of these steps...
I've finished my first 3 wine kits with excellent results. I still have 3 more in carboys that are progressing according to plan. One thing I've learned about wine making is that it's difficult to l
...eers some kind of unclean "house" flavor. So I have several questions:
1) What is it that makes glass carboys so wonderful as compared to plastic?
2) To those of you who have experience with bo...
...king about using a 5 gallon soda keg to store my wine when the volume is less than I can put in one of my carboys. I would use argon instead of CO2 to purge and pressurize the keg (the lid won't seal...
...it I started a batch 2 days later. Honey, water and yeast. That's it! Well, 3 months later, I have the carboy hidden in the closet, out of sight out of mind, plus it's dark and it's clearing very n...
...to make anything carbonated before.
I used Red Star Champagne yeast.
I'm waiting for it to clear in the carboy before I add brewer's sugar & bottle to carbonate it. It's taking a long time to c...
...or a week and kept it lightly covered at a temp of about 70.
today I pressed the must, put it in 5 gal carboy, checked the sg and it is 1.010 and very tart. what the hell happened and can it be fix...
...BS said it was better). OG 1.042. After 1 week in primary the SG was only 1.024 so I put the lot into a carboy secondary where it sat for 2.5 weeks and finally reached a FG of 1.008. Bottled and sa...
I have several batches of wine from last year aging in carboys. On only 1 of the carboys (actually, it's a 1 gallon jug that was extra from one of the other
6 gallon carboys), there's a thin white fi
... enough barrel to add tannin and flavor from the wood, then storing in bulk to age in inert containers IE carboys.
Rack early and often a friend of mine says, and to a point its a good piece of adv...
I racked my Helles Bock to a corny for lagering two days ago. The empty carboy had a pronounced yeasty smell, and a ton of spent yeast at the bottom. A sample today has a pronounced yeasty taste and
Working on batch #8. Just transferred to secondary on Thursday, and when I looked in the carboy last night I saw a coating of mold on the wort. I`m assuming it`s lost, right? Just making sure there
... and water to make 5Gal. I pasterized (simmered) with 1 constant coment tea bag. I pitched it when the carboy cooled to room temp. I have fermentation, but it is so slow. I shook the vial vigorou...
Anyone know where I can get the elusive 2 gallon carboy?
...ic bottle filler really should try it out for degassing their wines. I used mine last night on one of the carboys of
Riesling I just racked off. Worked like a charm, got the wine substantially degasse...
Argh. I've *got* to find a way to calibrate my carboys to figure out exactly where 5 & 6 gallons are (particularly 6).
After 6 gallons (an all juice batch) produced a 5 gallon + 4 bottles last w
I have never heard of this here in the UK. Out of curiosity, why do people pour the wort through juniper branches - filtering?, flavouring?, Voodoo?
Coca leaves or cannabis plants possibly, but j
...he high level in the neck and that I _just_ re-sulfited (not the best method -- threw 2/3 tsp. into the carboy and shook -- no racking, no misting, no proper mixing of SO2). I do not have SO2 conce...
...one had experience of bulk aging in mineral water bottles, either litre or larger? I`m anxious to get by carboys back in action! cheers...
... two kits, one red (merlot) one white (piesporter).
I made the red first, and it's just been sitting in a carboy for about three months since the last racking. Then I made a batch of white, decided t...
...written in here about this kit before, as I screwed up initially and started primary fermentation in a 6G carboy instead of the standard plastic bucket. It was slow to start because my temperature is...
...ight, another question before I start. Can you use the 5 gallon plastic water bottles instead of a glass carboy? Does it affect the flavor?...
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