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[BernardSmith]

derunner, I know that this might sound nuts, and as I don't make have any experience with kits this might very well be nuts, but is there a reason why you could not bottle say, one gallon of wine (or less) and rack the remainder to a smaller carboy to see if the wine in the bottle/s drops any additional sediment
If after a couple of months the wine in the bottles is still clear then you could bottle the rest. If the wine continues to drop sediment then returning a few bottles to the carboy would not be a huge task or indeed you could simply decant the wine from the sediment when you come to open those few bottles. You would have something to drink without bottling the entire batch.
I guess my main point is that it seems to me that there is no compelling reason to bottle the entire batch of wine at the same time just because you want some wine bottled, is there? Unless, of course, you need the carboy.

 

[derunner]

derunner, I know that this might sound nuts, and as I don't make have any experience with kits this might very well be nuts, but is there a reason why you could not bottle say, one gallon of wine (or less) and rack the remainder to a smaller carboy to see if the wine in the bottle/s drops any additional sediment
If after a couple of months the wine in the bottles is still clear then you could bottle the rest. If the wine continues to drop sediment then returning a few bottles to the carboy would not be a huge task or indeed you could simply decant the wine from the sediment when you come to open those few bottles. You would have something to drink without bottling the entire batch.
I guess my main point is that it seems to me that there is no compelling reason to bottle the entire batch of wine at the same time just because you want some wine bottled, is there? Unless, of course, you need the carboy.

Thats a good idea, but I have no 1 gallon jugs or 3/5gal carboys yet. I was looking at getting some, but decided to spend my money on more 6 gallon carboys. My thinking which i see is flawed was I would need just 6 gals when doing kits and I would pick up the others next year before i venture into making wine from fruit and grape juice. But i see the smaller sizes could come in handy even now. I had not thought about bottling just a few bottles.