Hey guys,
Really new at this - and just make a bad mistake. Trying to figure out how to fix this.
I started in a 6 gallon glass fermenter (thought it was 5...only made 5).
Figured for primary thats okay - on secondary i will move it to a 5 gallon carboy.
So today I siphoned it to a 5 gallon secondary - however I kept having issues with approx the last 3 liters of it. Kept loosing suction.
In a kind of panicky way (mistake 1) - My wife suggested pouring the remaining to an easier container. So...naturally I did. Into a juice container it went, sediment and all.
Realizing it was now all floating around in this container, unairlockable - I put it in the fridge.
Now I am left with a huge head space in the secondary (approx 3 litre). My understanding is you can "top up" with other apple cider - but 3L is quite a lot, no?
What am I to do? Am I able to reuse the remaining that I put into a non-air lockable container, thats currently "settling" in my fridge?, then top up with apple cider from there?
Or should I go buy 3 litre's worth of hard cider?
Or do I just...leave that enormous headspace and risk it going stale/whatever?
Thanks guys!
Really new at this - and just make a bad mistake. Trying to figure out how to fix this.
I started in a 6 gallon glass fermenter (thought it was 5...only made 5).
Figured for primary thats okay - on secondary i will move it to a 5 gallon carboy.
So today I siphoned it to a 5 gallon secondary - however I kept having issues with approx the last 3 liters of it. Kept loosing suction.
In a kind of panicky way (mistake 1) - My wife suggested pouring the remaining to an easier container. So...naturally I did. Into a juice container it went, sediment and all.
Realizing it was now all floating around in this container, unairlockable - I put it in the fridge.
Now I am left with a huge head space in the secondary (approx 3 litre). My understanding is you can "top up" with other apple cider - but 3L is quite a lot, no?
What am I to do? Am I able to reuse the remaining that I put into a non-air lockable container, thats currently "settling" in my fridge?, then top up with apple cider from there?
Or should I go buy 3 litre's worth of hard cider?
Or do I just...leave that enormous headspace and risk it going stale/whatever?
Thanks guys!