Bulg Aging

[x_diver]

Bulk Aging

I have a 1-gallon batch that I have cleared, de-gassed, and added potassium sorbate. I was going to bottle it, but am running low on bottles. Can I just put a rubber stopper (no airlock) in the top instead of bottling.

 

[Pumpkinman]

Did you add Sorbate or Potassium Metabisulfite?
Meta is used to stabilize the wine, Sorbate is used along with meta when back sweetening, it will stop any new fermentations. I would leave an airlock on the bottle, more CO2 will escape

 

[x_diver]

I added both. Is the difference between bottling in smaller bottles with a cork and just putting a rubber stopper on the fermentation vessel after adding Sorbate and Potassium Metabisulfite?

 

[SBWs]

What you have to watch out for is; as the barometric pressure changes it can cause the stopper with out a airlock to push out. If this happens and you don't catch it right away, your wine will oxidize.

So the short answer is yes you can do this. It's up to you if want to chance it.