Degassing Question

[user 52843]

I just degassed my kit wine following the directions in the kit; I used a wine whip and my drill motor to degas and replaces the air lock. My question is, does the co2 still escape from the carboy through the water filled airlock? Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

[Ohio Bob]

Most of the CO2 was driven off by the whipping. It’s ok if some still remains. Keep the carboy topped off and dose with Kmeta to prevent oxidation and bacterial spoilage.

 

[Rice_Guy]

* it is normal to judge wine and see a fraction with bubbles on a glass. Home wine is not squeaky clean.
* yes CO2 will travel through the airlock. The gas law is solubility is a function of the partial pressure on the atmosphere above the wine. This means if you were squeaky clean / no CO2 some would dissolve back into the wine via dissolving in the airlock water.
* I degas three days to a week before bottling. CO2 helps with protect the wine as long as it outgasses.
* the solubility of CO2 is higher cold. Degassing works better if the carboy is warm. ,,, Practically speaking serving temp is all one has to plan on, ,, folks don’t microwave their glass of wine to see if CO2 boils off. (Well at least normal folks).
* if it doesn’t taste like seltzer / off, it doesn’t matter.

 

[user 52843]

Thanks for the information.

 

[user 52843]

Most of the CO2 was driven off by the whipping. It’s ok if some still remains. Keep the carboy topped off and dose with Kmeta to prevent oxidation and bacterial spoilage.

Thanks for the info.

 

[WineHombre]

I just degassed my kit wine following the directions in the kit; I used a wine whip and my drill motor to degas and replaces the air lock. My question is, does the co2 still escape from the carboy through the water filled airlock? Thanks for any help you can give me.

Yes. It allows the CO2 out without letting air back in.