Hey,
I clearly still have a lot to learn. I've done two wines so far: Apfelwein which turned out great (luck, I guess), and some grape-cranberry disaster.
I'm continuing to read and learn, trying to get better (thanks mostly to you guys).. my "kit" is a bit lacking, as I only have a 5-gal better bottle (w/ stopper and airlock) for fermenting. There's always mention of moving to a secondary, racking, etc. Since, for now, I'm only dealing with fermenting juices that are store-bought (no actual fruit, grapes, kits, etc), to keep things simple, I've just been using the one better bottle.
So, for recipes like these, do you think using a secondary is worth it? Should I just go ahead and buy something? And if so, what should I get; another 5gal better bottle? Or should I use a pail, or something else? I already have the stopper and airlock for the better bottle, so maybe that should be the secondary? Ah..what do I know?
I'm guessing this would help with a problem I had - having sediment start to build up at the bottom of the 3 and 4 liter glass bottles I use to bottle the wine in (Carlo Rossi bottles, mostly).
Sorry for such a newb question..
Thanks!
I clearly still have a lot to learn. I've done two wines so far: Apfelwein which turned out great (luck, I guess), and some grape-cranberry disaster.
I'm continuing to read and learn, trying to get better (thanks mostly to you guys).. my "kit" is a bit lacking, as I only have a 5-gal better bottle (w/ stopper and airlock) for fermenting. There's always mention of moving to a secondary, racking, etc. Since, for now, I'm only dealing with fermenting juices that are store-bought (no actual fruit, grapes, kits, etc), to keep things simple, I've just been using the one better bottle.
So, for recipes like these, do you think using a secondary is worth it? Should I just go ahead and buy something? And if so, what should I get; another 5gal better bottle? Or should I use a pail, or something else? I already have the stopper and airlock for the better bottle, so maybe that should be the secondary? Ah..what do I know?
I'm guessing this would help with a problem I had - having sediment start to build up at the bottom of the 3 and 4 liter glass bottles I use to bottle the wine in (Carlo Rossi bottles, mostly).
Sorry for such a newb question..
Thanks!