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I just racked my cherry plum wine into the secondary fermenter. We decided to take a taste and, ick, it's got a bile-like after taste. I'm assuming it's because it's so young. Smells fine. Anybody out there experienced this?:s

I was told by my local brew store guy that rhubarb wine has a tendancy to have a high sulfur problem. In my case, the wine has been going along nicely since June 13th in the carboy. I've racked it three times and it's nice and clear. Tastes good. SG started at 1.084 and is now stable at...

I might be in trouble here. I have a batch of "kit" merlot that I'm supposed to be racking for the 3rd time. The problem is, the carboy I had broke and I'm wondering if I can rack back into my plastic fermenter to get me by till I can get another carboy. Thoughts, anyone?

I'm making strawberry/rhubarb from fresh extracted juice, water added to make 5 gallons. About 14 lbs of sugar to 10 lbs rhubarb plus 4 lbs strawberries. 6 campden tablets (added 24 hours before yeast and other ingredients below) Other ingredients: 1 qt Welches white grape juice concentrate...