sourcecraft
Member
Hi all,
I'm about to make a cherry melomel, my first melomel, and I'm going to add the fruit to secondary. My question is, because I'd like to avoid monopolizes one of my carboys and because i don't want to deal with getting 7 pounds of cherries down and later back up the neck of a carboy, is it ok to rack the mead onto the cherries in a plastic bucket and leave it for 3 months?
Is there an oxidation issue because of the plastic, or too much head space in the bucket, or any other really good reason to have to confront my laziness about feeding cherries into a carboy neck and probably having to buy another carboy?
Thanks much,
Mark
I'm about to make a cherry melomel, my first melomel, and I'm going to add the fruit to secondary. My question is, because I'd like to avoid monopolizes one of my carboys and because i don't want to deal with getting 7 pounds of cherries down and later back up the neck of a carboy, is it ok to rack the mead onto the cherries in a plastic bucket and leave it for 3 months?
Is there an oxidation issue because of the plastic, or too much head space in the bucket, or any other really good reason to have to confront my laziness about feeding cherries into a carboy neck and probably having to buy another carboy?
Thanks much,
Mark