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mitsu monkey · Feb 12, 2019

Mistakes!!!
Hi guys, newbie here, again! I don't know why I did it but I did. I meant to rack off my wine before adding the stabiliser and then stirring with my de-gassing wand but for some reason I didn't rack it even though I had the clean demijohn ready. By the time I realised I had stirred up the yeast cake but luckily not the oak chips. I then racked it off into the clean demijohn.
I'm going to keep de-gassing over the next day or so. Will it be ok? I'm guessing it might just take a bit longer to clear? I could always rack it off again?
What would you guys recommend?
Cheers
Glen

Dutto · Feb 13, 2019

I wouldn't bother de-gassing. I'd just slap myself on the wrist and leave it alone for a couple of weeks in a cool dark place.

By that time, the sediment should have settled so you can rack it into a second vessel and then go through the procedure that you should have done in the first place.

mitsu monkey · Feb 13, 2019

Yeah I think that's what I'm going to do Dutto, it's started to settle again so hopefully no harm done.
I still can't believe I did it though.

Dutto · Feb 13, 2019

mitsu monkey said:
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I still can't believe I did it though.

The hardest bit will be when you have to confess to doing it again!

Murphy's First Law is "If it can happen it will happen."

mitsu monkey · Feb 24, 2019

It settled nicely so today I racked it into a clean, sterilised DJ and de-gassed it with my wand (wand as recommended on this forum). I had a cheeky taste and I'm very happy, no harm done at all.
Phew it looks like I got away with that one!
Cheers for the advice guys.