Change in status....

[sour_grapes]

I have read that there are two kinds of winemakers: Those who have experienced a wine volcano, and those that will.

I just changed categories....

(It wasn't too bad, actually. First of all, it was a white wine, and it was in my basement on an epoxied concrete floor. I only lost maybe 2-3 glasses worth.)

 

[ceeaton]

I have read that there are two kinds of winemakers: Those who have experienced a wine volcano, and those that will.

I just changed categories....

(It wasn't too bad, actually. First of all, it was a white wine, and it was in my basement on an epoxied concrete floor. I only lost maybe 2-3 glasses worth.)

Welcome to the club. Amazed it has taken that long to become a club member.

I needed some more of the stoppers with the hole in it you need for a better bottle type carboy, so I couldn't rack a a few wines last week. So I took a 1/4 tsp of Kmeta and slowly dropped it in the two carboys....letting it foam up a bit, then adding more. Obviously I learned very little when I wasted a bottle or two of wine with my first volcano.

My middle name is "dangerous".

 

[AZMDTed]

Welcome to the club, consider it a good start at degassing I did mine while it was still in a waterbath tub so there was no damage, other than a little lost wine.

 

[Johnd]

I've never experienced the first status, I had my volcano on my first batch, got it out of the way early on.

 

[Julie]

Lol wait until you have five gallons of wine in a fermenting bucket and the bottom cracks! I lost 2 gallons when that happen

 

[bakervinyard]

What club is it when you don't pay attention, over fill your bottle, try and cork it, and the bottle shatters ? Bakervinyard

 

[barbiek]

What club is it when you don't pay attention, over fill your bottle, try and cork it, and the bottle shatters ? Bakervinyard

That would be the oops club

 

[Boatboy24]

There are also those wine makers who have broken a hydrometer, and those who will.

 

[Johnd]

There are also those wine makers who have broken a hydrometer, and those who will.

Knock on wood, I'm not in that one yet......................

 

[sour_grapes]

There are also those wine makers who have broken a hydrometer, and those who will.

My status on that club will never change. (But only once. I bought TWO replacements, and that seems to have done the trick!)

 

[RevA]

There are also those wine makers who have broken a hydrometer, and those who will.

Had that happen after volcano, just checked beer's fg and didn't want to walk to put hydrometer away and back downstairs to winery/brewery. When it exploded I dropped my hydrometer...

 

[sour_grapes]

Had that happen after volcano, just checked beer's fg and didn't want to walk to put hydrometer away and back downstairs to winery/brewery. When it exploded I dropped my hydrometer...

A twofer!! Maybe it is just as well you got them both out of the way at the same time.

 

[dcbrown73]

Maybe I should stop making wine in my apt. That definitely would not be a good thing.

 

[RevA]

Maybe I should stop making wine in my apt. That definitely would not be a good thing.

It only happens once then you make sure it doesn't happen easliy or at all

 

[dcbrown73]

It only happens once then you make sure it doesn't happen easliy or at all

I suppose I should ask what it is that generally leads to the volcano. I read something about k-meta. This can cause it? I've read about stirring too fast causing bubbles or something to come pouring out too.

Knowing the main causes might help me prevent it from happening.

 

[cintipam]

Whenever there is still a good amount of gas in a young wine anything at all that you add into the mix can and will cause a volcano. Every grain of energizer, nutrient, kmeta, whatever becomes a point of nucleation and lots of trapped gas gloms onto it. All that gas glomming onto each grain makes that light grain likely to go airborne, especially if the wine is in a carboy which forces everything thru the narrow neck opening.

What stops volcanoes is before adding anything to a young wine do a gentle small stir to release gas. Sometimes even that small stir will foam up a LOT. So keep doing gentle stirs til you don't get any reaction from the wine. At that point it should be safe to slowly add your chosen product a bit at a time to make sure it doesn't go airborne.

HTH

Pam in cinti

 

[dcbrown73]

Whenever there is still a good amount of gas in a young wine anything at all that you add into the mix can and will cause a volcano. Every grain of energizer, nutrient, kmeta, whatever becomes a point of nucleation and lots of trapped gas gloms onto it. All that gas glomming onto each grain makes that light grain likely to go airborne, especially if the wine is in a carboy which forces everything thru the narrow neck opening.

What stops volcanoes is before adding anything to a young wine do a gentle small stir to release gas. Sometimes even that small stir will foam up a LOT. So keep doing gentle stirs til you don't get any reaction from the wine. At that point it should be safe to slowly add your chosen product a bit at a time to make sure it doesn't go airborne.

HTH

Pam in cinti

Thank you, that is good information for me.

 

[Mismost]

Lol wait until you have five gallons of wine in a fermenting bucket and the bottom cracks! I lost 2 gallons when that happen

TWICE NOW! The problem I have is WHY does it happen? The bucket has just been sitting there not doing squat...no banging around , getting slammed down, or mistreated. Next day it's leaking! I have had two buckets that's happened to now. They are cheap enough to replace, it's just a PITA.

 

[Julie]

TWICE NOW! The problem I have is WHY does it happen? The bucket has just been sitting there not doing squat...no banging around , getting slammed down, or mistreated. Next day it's leaking! I have had two buckets that's happened to now. They are cheap enough to replace, it's just a PITA.

Look around at the base for any hairline cracks.

 

[dcbrown73]

Ugh... Going to have to buy a 6+ gallon drip tray. hah