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Thanks all. There was a bit of tan flocculant in the bottles. I transferred all the bottles to a carboy, added k meta and placed a cleaned cooper piece in the wine. That seemed to do the trick on the smell, but the taste became flat and off. I dumped and learned a lesson to be careful in the...

These are all great suggestions. The age and later production makes sense that the sorbate didnt do the trick, it is my second batch and i wonder if i didn't miss addind k sorbate? I will test the wine w copper and if that is it, transfer the wine to a carboy with cleaned copper and filter w...

Have a 1.5 month old chard semillion in bottles. They were goid when bottled but a month an half later the latest bottle seems to have a strong sulfur odor. What did i do that generated the SH smell? Can I fix the batch?

Good ideas. I am putting the carboy in a warm water bath and will degass there. Topping. Oops. I left too much in the lees. I will add a bit of water and the rest wine. Great help. Thanks

Thanks I like the popped idea for testing. I am surprised at how much it takes to degas this as the instructions only said to stir for two min twice. I used the thief to test and the wine tastes great but the fizz is obvious. I will stir again tonight. I will use a warming blanket to reduce...

This is my first batch of kit wine. I have used the degassing paddle on a hand drill several times (at least 6) each for a couple of min with a rest between. I still see some fine bubbles after 30 sec of stirring that sustains after ive stopped. When is enough enough? The instructions say...

This is good and very helpful. I have kept the lid loose ( I too have curious cats and a basset hound that seems tall at times) and placed some cheesecloth over the airlock hole to allow exchange but limit particulates. Sounds like either way works. Experimentation is the rule. Thanks for...

I purchased a vinter's reserve piniot noir. I started the primary with the lid tight and the airlock on. When looking to see how long to leave the must in the primary, I saw a number of places on the web which instruct to leave the lit loose with the primary off to allow enough O2 to get...