Take a coat hanger and make a hook on the end of it. Then insert into
carboy and pull the thing out of the carboy. It's not a big deal.

Bob


On Nov 7, 11:51 pm, wrote:
> This is my very first batch of wine......so needless to say, it didn't
> get off to a perfect start. I racked the wine from the primary
> fermenter to the carboy, placed the bung in the opening of the carboy
> and attempted to insert the airlock (OK...now I know you place the
> airlock in the opening of the bung prior to inserting it in the
> opening of the carboy....or the guy at the supply store sold me the
> wrong size bung!) Luckily, my neighbor saved the day by loaning me a
> new bung. But...the old one is still in the carboy with the
> fermenting wine. Will this harm the wine in any way or should I rack
> the wine into a new carboy?