hello all
I decided to give winemaking a go here, local wine store use to make for me but thought I would try to save some money and take up a new hobby.
I got the Costco euro Barolo/cab for $39. I realize this is a cheap kit but my wife and myself don't mind it .
Long story short, I followed the directions to a T, but after 2nd ferm, I noticed that the smell was a little off. Being doing lots of research and I think I have narrowed it down to 2 possibilities, I used reverse osmosis water to top the kits up and did not use any nutrients, or I did not degass good enough. after reading people recommend using spring water or tap water.
I used the copper pipe trick and it worked a bit, I have some reduless on the way, should be here tomorrow. I'm hoping that the reduless will get rid of the rest and then I'll some glycerin and hopefully it will clear it up.
I just racked to secondary today on the same kit (different batch)and the wine smells so much better this time around. I used tap water this time.
Do you think it was just the stripped down water?
All the SG's where correct when I followed the steps.
Any suggestions or input would be great
Thanks.
Tim
P.S. I also have a argentina ridge in clearing and it smells wonderful but it was a juice kit, did not have to add any water.
I decided to give winemaking a go here, local wine store use to make for me but thought I would try to save some money and take up a new hobby.
I got the Costco euro Barolo/cab for $39. I realize this is a cheap kit but my wife and myself don't mind it .
Long story short, I followed the directions to a T, but after 2nd ferm, I noticed that the smell was a little off. Being doing lots of research and I think I have narrowed it down to 2 possibilities, I used reverse osmosis water to top the kits up and did not use any nutrients, or I did not degass good enough. after reading people recommend using spring water or tap water.
I used the copper pipe trick and it worked a bit, I have some reduless on the way, should be here tomorrow. I'm hoping that the reduless will get rid of the rest and then I'll some glycerin and hopefully it will clear it up.
I just racked to secondary today on the same kit (different batch)and the wine smells so much better this time around. I used tap water this time.
Do you think it was just the stripped down water?
All the SG's where correct when I followed the steps.
Any suggestions or input would be great
Thanks.
Tim
P.S. I also have a argentina ridge in clearing and it smells wonderful but it was a juice kit, did not have to add any water.
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