Degassing using the Wine Saver & plastic carboy

[WineGirl2]

Hi, I've searched for info on this, but didn't find any.

We wanted to degas our wine using a wine saver. We are using a plastic carboy. Will that work/be okay? Rather than see bubbles pull to the top of the wine, the sides of the carboy suck in. So, we released it and pumped it less.

Thanks!

 

[RegionRat]

To vacuum degas you really need to use a glass carboy.



RR

 

[WineGirl2]

Thank you. Darn, just bought the 2nd carboy today (plastic). Sure wish I bought glass!

 

[BernardSmith]

One thing you might do is simply keep one glass carboy for degassing purposes and rack the wine from the plastic into the glass to degas and then rack back into plastic or bottle...

 

[vacuumpumpman]

Taken from my FAQ's

How to incorporate a BB with the Allinone -
Over the years I have figured out how to incorporate the plastic BB carboys with the All In One. You can always pull from a BB or an open container – whether you are transferring, bottling or filtering – you do have to go into a glass container in order to withstand the vacuum pressure otherwise it will collapse. I have talked to many customers who have both types of carboys and this is what I recommend. Transfer from BB to glass to remove CO2 and sediment. The glass carboy should be higher than the BB for the next time you transfer; you can start a small vacuum, only to get the gravity to work for you and then turn off the pump. This way there is still no lifting heavy carboys !!

 

[bkisel]

Steve, Is only one transfer under vacuum good enough to sufficiently degas?

 

[DoctorCAD]

Depends on how much gas is in the wine.