RandalG
Well-Known Member
I've been homebrewing for about 6 years now and decided to take the plunge into winemaking mostly for SWMBO and my daughters. So I got a World Vineyard Washington Riesling kit Tonight I'm at the stabilizing stage and was degassing tonight. I bought one of those whip degassers and followed the instructions for the kit. It was foaming up and overflowing. Is that normal? The kit says you need to degass fully so I was wondering how you know when that is? With each addition of clarifier I degassed for a total of about 5 minutes probably. The other thing is I pulled off two cups for the f pack and it says to add it back in but the carboy is almost full so how much headspace do I need to leave? There's still foam on the top so do I let that settle before adding the wine back in? Sorry for the newbie questions but this is my first time as I said and I don't want to screw it up.