glass marbles are an acceptable alternative for topping
up the carboy. easy to clean and sterilize.
cheers
scott
"Kentucky" > wrote in message
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> Yet another newbie question from here in Kentucky.
> I commenced racking my first batch of wine with one 5 gal and two 1 gal
> carboys of of SG .994 Buffalo grape wine. Still cloudy but am told be
> patient. I had to use all but 1/2 gal of my 2 one gal jugs of backup
> wine to fill the 5 gal carboy. I expect to be short of wine on the next
> racking in 6 weeks. I really don't want to add anything to the batch
> other than Buffalo grape wine.
> Would placing a sterile balloon in the receiving carboy, filling it
> with pure water and then tying it off to achieve a full carboy work ??
> I would do this before racking into the carboy and expect I would have
> to do a trial racking to calculate volume needed to top off. I will
> worry about getting the balloon and water out of the carboy after I
> have racked the wine off to the next jug.
> Please let me know what you think.
>