MountainRunner
Junior
- Joined
- Nov 16, 2015
- Messages
- 8
- Reaction score
- 0
Hi
So I'm making some blackberry wine, its been fermenting for the last 2 months using a port wine yeast.
Today I've just done the second racking and stopped the fermentation with metabisulphite and did some de-gassing. It still tastes a bit bitter and raw.
I'd like to add some oak chips at some point how should I do this and for how long?
Could I use a plastic food bag with tiny holes in, full it with oak chips and suspend it inside the carboy so the flavours come out of the bag?
How long should I keep the oak in the wine as I don't want to over oak it?
So I'm making some blackberry wine, its been fermenting for the last 2 months using a port wine yeast.
Today I've just done the second racking and stopped the fermentation with metabisulphite and did some de-gassing. It still tastes a bit bitter and raw.
I'd like to add some oak chips at some point how should I do this and for how long?
Could I use a plastic food bag with tiny holes in, full it with oak chips and suspend it inside the carboy so the flavours come out of the bag?
How long should I keep the oak in the wine as I don't want to over oak it?
. 2nd racking??? Stabilize, wait a couple of days, add oak, oh wait ,,,, don't know how much??? How much wine we talkin'? Nix the plastic bag. Just put the chips in there and wait a month then rack over to carboy with airlock. Chips will remain in your other carboy to be rinsed out. G'luck!
![[Upgraded] 9Pcs Tree Root Growing Box with Drain Holes, Half Transparent Plant Rooting Propagation Ball & Metal Core Twist Ties, for Fast Propagation Plants (Size M)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/514MWQxtWOL._SL500_.jpg)
