7 litres 0f Blackberry wine wont fit in to one DJ

[Terand]

Hi Guys
I've moved up from wine kits and have just in the process of making Blackberry wine. Its been fermenting now for 4 days in a 10 litre bucket and now need to finish fermenting in a DJ. The problem is that the recipe has produced a "must" containing 7 litres- too much for one DJ and not enough for two DJs. Will I get away with putting 3.5 litres in each DJ?

 

[hypnoticmonkey]

I would put 4 litres in each DJ and 500ml of red grape juice. NB: This will lower the OG of your brew slightly.

 

[Terand]

Thank you, but I don't have 4 lits to put in both DJs, only 3.5 lits. I fear adding a litre of Red grape juice would knock it back to far. Would 3,5 lits + 500ml of grape juice making 4 lits in each DJ work, or will this leave too much air space in the DJ?

 

[oldbloke]

As long as the yeast is active and producing CO2 it ought to be fine with any amount of headspace.
When it's done, though, you might have a problem

 

[godfrey]

fill one DJ

put the rest in a 2 litre PET and use it to top up after you rack

then drink the rest after you racked :drink:

you can easily fit an airlock on the PET

heat a screw with a lighter
push the hot screw through the lid
then quickly push in the airlock while the plastic is soft

 

[Terand]

Thanks for the advice. I've tried Geoffrey's idea, and now have both a DJ and 2 lit PRT bubbling away

 

[hypnoticmonkey]

Thank you, but I don't have 4 lits to put in both DJs, only 3.5 lits. I fear adding a litre of Red grape juice would knock it back to far. Would 3,5 lits + 500ml of grape juice making 4 lits in each DJ work, or will this leave too much air space in the DJ?

You mean 7 divided by 2 isn't 4?
And I call myself a maths teacher.... :!: :!:

Sorry, I misread your earlier post!