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Steve[_10_] Steve[_10_] is offline
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Default Bung fell in Carboy.....Harm wine???

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?


You could try something like this...

http://www.zanyvideos.com/videos/how...nside_a_bottle

Steve