Fubblechunk
Junior Member
Hi hive mind,
This bank holiday we wen't out and picked 9kg of damsons which are currently soaking in water extracting their juice.
The aim is to make 3 demijohns worth of wine but I'm curious, can I use a 5 gallon demijohn for the secondary fermentation?
The idea behind this is I don't really want to do too much cleaning and sterilising of individual jars for this stage.
Once the initial fermentation has finished I plan to rack into the 5 gallon demijohns for secondary fermentation.
My thoughts are that the spare space will be filled with carbon dioxide so this shouldn't be a problem.
Once the secondary fermentation has finished or nearing finishing I plan to rack into individual gallon demijohns with an air lock before a final racking and storing before bottling.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
Thanks in advance
This bank holiday we wen't out and picked 9kg of damsons which are currently soaking in water extracting their juice.
The aim is to make 3 demijohns worth of wine but I'm curious, can I use a 5 gallon demijohn for the secondary fermentation?
The idea behind this is I don't really want to do too much cleaning and sterilising of individual jars for this stage.
Once the initial fermentation has finished I plan to rack into the 5 gallon demijohns for secondary fermentation.
My thoughts are that the spare space will be filled with carbon dioxide so this shouldn't be a problem.
Once the secondary fermentation has finished or nearing finishing I plan to rack into individual gallon demijohns with an air lock before a final racking and storing before bottling.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
Thanks in advance