26 Jul
2003
26 Jul
'03
11:26 a.m.
Reading the Complete Meadmaker, I see Schramm talks about blanketing meads with
co2 when racking to prevent oxidation.
Does anyone do this? What's the proceedure? Do you put co2 in your carboy
before transfer? If I remember, co2 is heavier than air and will fall to
the bottom, correct?
26 Jul
26 Jul
10:16 p.m.
Steve, and anyone else that cares,
I tend to always treat filling carboys as I would bottles. I "fill" the
carboy with CO2 prior to
transfer. My understanding is the CO2 is heavier than air, and settles to
the bottom. As
the carboy fills, the remaining air is pushed out of the carboy.
Don't know if it makes a big difference, but it is my habit. Meads,
ciders, beers, wine, whatever.
Mark
At 11:26 AM 7/26/03 -0500, Steve Fletty wrote:
Reading the Complete Meadmaker, I see Schramm talks
about blanketing meads
with
co2 when racking to prevent oxidation.
Does anyone do this? What's the proceedure? Do you put co2 in your carboy
before transfer? If I remember, co2 is heavier than air and will fall to
the bottom, correct?
Engineer, Gentleman, & Brewer,
Mark D. Glewwe
http://www.glewwe-castle.com/mark/
28 Jul
28 Jul
7:55 a.m.
Mark-
Do you just have a hose that connects to the CO2 tank, with the other end
cut bare, or do you have a fitting that connects the other end to your
carboy?
- Al
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From: "Mark Glewwe" <mark(a)glewwe-castle.com>
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Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: blanketing with c02
Steve, and anyone else that cares,
I tend to always treat filling carboys as I would bottles. I "fill" the
carboy with CO2 prior to
transfer. My understanding is the CO2 is heavier than air, and settles to
the bottom. As
the carboy fills, the remaining air is pushed out of the carboy.
Don't know if it makes a big difference, but it is my habit. Meads,
ciders, beers, wine, whatever.
Mark
At 11:26 AM 7/26/03 -0500, Steve Fletty wrote:
>Reading the Complete Meadmaker, I see Schramm talks about blanketing
meads
with
co2 when racking to prevent oxidation.
Does anyone do this? What's the proceedure? Do you put co2 in your carboy
before transfer? If I remember, co2 is heavier than air and will fall to
the bottom, correct?
Engineer, Gentleman, & Brewer,
Mark D. Glewwe
http://www.glewwe-castle.com/mark/
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