kevinstan said:Is it ok to top with water after racking ? Or does it depend on the wine ? How much does this affect the ABV and stuff ? Anyone else top when racking or is this bad practice ?
What happens if you leave it alone?
castti said:What happens if you leave it alone?
Is it ok to top with water after racking ? Or does it depend on the wine ? How much does this affect the ABV and stuff ? Anyone else top when racking or is this bad practice ?
Yooper and Peppers16, Three weeks until Thanksgiving will it last that long?
castti said:Yooper and Peppers16, Three weeks until Thanksgiving will it last that long?
Just to provide an alternative stance to Yooper, I also don't know but expect you will be absolutely fine. Mead's meant to be slow to oxidise and 3 weeks is nothing to mead. The absolute worst that could happen is it'll taste a bit more like sherry than it would have done otherwise. A bit of k meta will deoxygenate it if you have any.
I've been aging a mead with headspace for 3 months now, and am curious to see how it'll turn out. If I lose a gallon of mead for the sake of science then its a worthy sacrifice
Yooper said:Yes, mead is slower to oxidize than some. But since we're in the wine forum, I don't think we're discussing mead.
As I understand it nothing harmful can actually survive in alcohol, so the worst you could get is an upset stomach. And to answer your question yes, if its bad to drink you'll know about it!castti said:Thank you. Putting it in the fridge and treating it like an open bottle of wine. Not sure I would know the difference between good and bad. Is it safe to think that it will taste really bad if it isn't' safe to drink?
as long as the airlock is bubbling you do not have to top up because there is enough c02 pressure to keep oxygen from getting in. when the airlock stops bubbling it is very important that you top up the airspace with liquid.
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