Steamer
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Can someone tell me what's going on? My friend and I are both doing MLF's on Chilean Chardonnay's from the same source purchased on the same day. My chard completed fermentation first so I started my MLF about 2 weeks before he would start his. I did not do an initial paper chromatography test so we thought it would be a good idea to do both now to compare my progress against his initial. Here are the results. "Bi" sample has not yet started MLF. "Br" has been under MLF for more than 2 weeks. As you can see, both samples look the same! Both are showing lactic acid and it appears that there is no progress in malic acid reduction in "Br" Did we do something wrong with the test? Did my ("Br") MLF stall?