Hole in the lid of the Primary Bucket

[Runningwolf]

I think this thread has been hijacked but dang I am sitting at the carwash on my Droid laughing my butt off.

 

[djrockinsteve]

Also to note and get us back on track once I snap on my lid with airlock I rotate the entire bucket around (NOT SPIN) to release CO2 to help protect the must. I also stir prior to applying the lid.

 

[WineyTexan]

I've given up on what to do with the hole and switched to the towel. I've been so inspired by the picture and all the apostle jokes (very funny!) that I have decided to ferment more 1 Gallon batches and use them as Christmas decorations. I needed a reason to ferment something, now I've got it. My family won't think I'm nuts will they?

 

[djrockinsteve]

Place your buckets outside each season and you will be the hit of the neighborhood. Neighbors will say his manger scene just keeps getting bigger and bigger each year.

 

[Larryh86GT]

I've given up on what to do with the hole and switched to the towel. I've been so inspired by the picture and all the apostle jokes (very funny!) that I have decided to ferment more 1 Gallon batches and use them as Christmas decorations. I needed a reason to ferment something, now I've got it. My family won't think I'm nuts will they?

A little shepherds staff and perhaps a beard and you're good to go.
Larry

 

[djrockinsteve]

A little shepherds staff and perhaps a beard and you're good to go.
Larry

Larry is that you're new must stirring stick? Great Idea!

 

[Sirs]

a racking cane could be the sheperds stick you could use trash cans for the cattle you know the brutes

 

[closetwine]

So who's gonna offer to be the wise men???

 

[Larryh86GT]

We could nominate any number of folks here for wise men (wise person would probably be more appropriate) but it is too difficult to narrow the list down to only 3.

 

[WineyTexan]

Only in a Winemaking Discussion Forum can you go from "What's this hole in the lid of my bucket for?" to nominating Wise Men for a Nativity Scene! Proof that there is no lack of creativity here or lack of wine.

 

[sly22guy]

Are the lid's seals water tight? It seems like you could use a hole in the lid with a spigot and just turn the bucket on its side or upsidedown for bottling. That way you can forget about a hole in the side.


Aren't we all turning water into wine?

You really don't want to move the bucket around a whole lot when your racking to a secondary, all the lees will get mixed in and defeats the purpose of racking!

Now that is my kind of Nativity Scene!

Wise Men; Tom, Wade, Luc are the ones i remember!

 

[djrockinsteve]

You really don't want to move the bucket around a whole lot when your racking to a secondary, all the lees will get mixed in and defeats the purpose of racking!

The hole in my lid is just so I can put an airlock in it. Three days ago my 2 six gal. primaries of pineapple were just under 1.000 I gave them bath a good stir even lifting up the lees in the bottom. I then snapped on the lid and added an airlock. It immediately began bubbling from the CO2 that I had just released.

Today the gravity reading was .990 and I racked and cleared the wine. Then naturally almost instinctively started a pineapple skeeter pee.