Can I brew a 6 bottle wine kit in a 33 fermentation container?

[Tommcd]

Hi I'm new to this I have brought a 33litre kit and two 6 bottle wine kits one red and one white to start then want to go onto ciders and beers and bigger batches of wine. That's why I went for the bigger start up set. And now panicking to if I have got a smaller start up set?

 

[Johnd]

Welcome!!

As long as you have a properly sized vessels to house your wine, with little headspace, from near the end of fermentation until bottling time, you’ll be fine. You can ferment in a container way bigger than your must can fill up.

 

[Tommcd]

Thanks for your help so this is what I have ordered, so I wouldn't be able to leave it in the tubs until bottling, I would have to put it in a demiJohn of the correct size of 6 bottles before bottling. I have been revising about everything but this seems to be the part I can't find any information about.
Thanks again.

 

[sour_grapes]

Yes, that is correct. After the main part of alcoholic fermentation is over, you will need to put the wine in a smaller vessel, usually glass, to limit the exposure to air. The vessel should have very little "headspace," i.e., empty space filled with air.

 

[Tommcd]

Thank you for your help guys you really have cleared it up great help