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Thank you. Darn, just bought the 2nd carboy today (plastic). Sure wish I bought glass!

Hi, I've searched for info on this, but didn't find any. We wanted to degas our wine using a wine saver. We are using a plastic carboy. Will that work/be okay? Rather than see bubbles pull to the top of the wine, the sides of the carboy suck in. So, we released it and pumped it less...

Oh, I didn't think about whipping air back in. I filled a tube halfway with wine, put my palm over it and shook it. Each time it released pressure when I took my hand off. The bubbles are little.

Thanks :) Oh, it's ridiculous. First we were manually stirring with the handle of the long white spoon. Then we cut the spoon end off and put it on a drill. We'll pick up the thing with the paddles on it and try that tomorrow. Unless there's something better to use?

We can't get our wine degassed with our equipment. Can we just put the bung and airlock back in, buy what we need and finish degassing tomorrow? Then top off tomorrow. We are doing the Vintners Coastal Red kit. We added #3, #4 & #5. Thanks!

Thanks everyone. This batch is definitely a learning experience for me. My stepmom is making the very same wine and will be racking. oon. I'll get some to add to mine to get it where it's supposed to be and then top off with water.

Thanks, I'll stop worrying about it. I'm making the wine that I got in my kit deal: Vintner's Coastal Red.

Thanks! I'm glad I found this forum! Yes, I forgot to mention I'm using a wine kit. I don't know what k-meta is. The kit had me add to the first fermenter bentonite and the yeast. I racked to the secondary last night and did not add anything. It's still bubbling a little bit, but the...

I am a newbie and just transferred my first batch from the first fermenter to the carboy. I washed and then sterilized everything, but I forgot to sterilize the outer portion of the hose ends that come into contract with the wine. Do I need to be worried about that? Also, the directions...