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Baehoo
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Hey everyone,
Doing my first batch of non-kit wine (cranberry), and I am wondering if you can all help me with a question I have.
First off - I realized that crushing cranberries is not as easy as it first sounds. I ended up buying a food processor and sending the whole 15 pounds through that to get them ready. I had ordered a straining bag to store the cranberries in the primary fermenter, but it ended up being too small so I just put the cranberries straight in the bucket.
Therein lies the problem -- my primary fermenter is like a thick cranberry slush. While I just pitched the yeast this evening, I am worried about how I am going to get this to secondary in the coming weeks. I am not sure how much to expect the cranberry pulp to settle in the bottom.
The only way I can figure to accomplish this is straining it into another bucket, then siphon that into the carboy. My biggest concern here is how much air contact it will end up having during that whole process -- I assume I need to worry about this being a major oxidation risk?
Does anyone have any advice on how to do this elegantly, and minimize the risk of oxidation? Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
Doing my first batch of non-kit wine (cranberry), and I am wondering if you can all help me with a question I have.
First off - I realized that crushing cranberries is not as easy as it first sounds. I ended up buying a food processor and sending the whole 15 pounds through that to get them ready. I had ordered a straining bag to store the cranberries in the primary fermenter, but it ended up being too small so I just put the cranberries straight in the bucket.
Therein lies the problem -- my primary fermenter is like a thick cranberry slush. While I just pitched the yeast this evening, I am worried about how I am going to get this to secondary in the coming weeks. I am not sure how much to expect the cranberry pulp to settle in the bottom.
The only way I can figure to accomplish this is straining it into another bucket, then siphon that into the carboy. My biggest concern here is how much air contact it will end up having during that whole process -- I assume I need to worry about this being a major oxidation risk?
Does anyone have any advice on how to do this elegantly, and minimize the risk of oxidation? Any tips would be greatly appreciated!