Hello everyone,
I'm an experienced brewer and mead maker, wanting to purchase my first wine kit this weekend and I have a couple of concerns.
I do not use carboys/better bottles and have no desire to start. Do any of you use plastic buckets for your secondary and notice any ill effects from doing this? The carboys really are out of the question for me, so should I just stick with brewing? LOL
How important is it to own a de-gasser thing? Would it be sufficient for me to just vigorously stir my wine a few times over the course of time until I don't notice any more CO2? I've done this with mead before and it seemed to work ok.
I'm looking at purchasing the Wine Expert Argentine Malbec, but will be considering other dry reds while at the shop, depending on the costs.
I'm an experienced brewer and mead maker, wanting to purchase my first wine kit this weekend and I have a couple of concerns.
I do not use carboys/better bottles and have no desire to start. Do any of you use plastic buckets for your secondary and notice any ill effects from doing this? The carboys really are out of the question for me, so should I just stick with brewing? LOL
How important is it to own a de-gasser thing? Would it be sufficient for me to just vigorously stir my wine a few times over the course of time until I don't notice any more CO2? I've done this with mead before and it seemed to work ok.
I'm looking at purchasing the Wine Expert Argentine Malbec, but will be considering other dry reds while at the shop, depending on the costs.