WineXpert First degassing - how to I tell when I am done?

[waygorked]

I know, more stupid questions. I am about to do my 2nd racking and degassing on my first kit (Eclipse Cab) this afternoon. I will be using a drill mounted stir thingy. I understand this is supposed to take a while. How will I know when I have done this long enough?

 

[BernardSmith]

when no more bubbles are being released... or when, if you siphon or use a thief to fill a sanitized beer bottle and you shake the bottle with your thumb over the neck and there is no "popping" sound when you release your thumb then you have more or less removed all the CO2.

 

[djrockinsteve]

Large bubbles. You will get tiny bubbles later on that is fine. After racking wine will usually degas itself a bit.

Be careful not to oxygenate the wine. Turn on one direction a few seconds, reverse direction and give it a few seconds that way.

Do not whip or blend per say.

Some day look into getting a small vac pump. A lot easier and it takes the guess work out.

 

[onebadcpa]

My first attempt at wine making was with a bucket of chardonney juice. After following the instructions , racking about six times over nine months, filtering....i had what i considered a good tasting chardonney. I bottled it and several weeks later corks started popping and my chardonney was more like a bubblely prosceco. I was never told to degass or to add potassium sorbate a week before bottling. I have uncorked the remaining bottles...then back to the carboy....degassed...and added potassium sorbate....will this work?

 

[matt256]

So coming up a bit late on this, small bubbles are okay later on? I've got a 5 month old pinot thats been bottled then put back into the carboy after not being degassed enough. still getting bubbles and still has a bitter taste to it. not too sure what to do.

 

[cpfan]

So coming up a bit late on this, small bubbles are okay later on? I've got a 5 month old pinot thats been bottled then put back into the carboy after not being degassed enough. still getting bubbles and still has a bitter taste to it. not too sure what to do.

If there is CO2 in the wine, you should be able to feel the bubbles on your tongue.

Steve

 

[SouthernChemist]

Carbonation does not produce a bitter flavor by itself. Something like a Pinot should be anything but bitter even when young.

 

[Ricky]

Carbonation does not produce a bitter flavor by itself. Something like a Pinot should be anything but bitter even when young.

What causes a bitter taste?

 

[bkisel]

I know, more stupid questions. I am about to do my 2nd racking and degassing on my first kit (Eclipse Cab) this afternoon. I will be using a drill mounted stir thingy. I understand this is supposed to take a while. How will I know when I have done this long enough?

Stir degassing hasn't really worked for me so I now add a 2-3 day vacuum hand pump degassing phase to my kit wine making. After 2-3 days very few bubbles come up and it is harder to pump so this is what tells me I'm done. A little bulk aging and a few more racks appear to take care of what CO2 might be left.