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Twas Nz 10 cent coin; copper plated steel.. I have tracked down some copper sulphate and ascorbic acid though so will soon see what results they achieve!

Thanks guys sounds like you agree on ascorbic acid and copper sulphate, I don''t really think I added too much kmeta far as i remember it was 5teaspoons of 10%solution to the 30l primary of must. My wine suppliers in NZ don't stock the ascorbic acid or copper sulphate can you recommend a good...

Thanks for your replies guys it was 35% H202 food grade to 750ml bottle about a third of a small dropper full; maybe 10 drops! I'm guessing that's a lot, I know when people take H202 they go up to 25 drops in a glass of water, but in alcohol i dunno!! it changed from amber to almost clear and...

So I started my first wine about 10 weeks ago, fruit wine; kiwis, grapes, pears and some tamarillos. I bottled a couple of weeks ago had cleared pretty well and is a sort of amber colour. Anyway it has a really strong, smell of rubber reminiscent of a rubber bung, but suspected it could be so2...