Sep
2
God I hate variable capacity tanks!
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I always hate these tanks. They are only as good as the seals around the lid of the tank. For those who don’t know, these tanks have a lid that floats on the wine, with a blow up tube, like a bike tube, around the rim of the lid. You pump up a thing exactly like a bike pump, and the tube inflates, sealing tightly against the side of the tank, at whichever height the wine is at. Great in theory - it means there is no headspace, and therefore no oxygen can get to the wine. HOWEVER the bloody things spring leaks in the tube… or the pump fails…which is exactly what has happened. Andrew has just told me that one of the pumps isn’t working, and so is frantically trying to repair it. Of course the tank is full of wine… the pump was working fine when we tested it earlier… GOD I hate these things!
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