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Last stage before bottling. Film appeared around top edge on glass and a few bubbles on surface
My batch of wine has been stabilized, degassed, and clarified. It is in the last stage before bottling and a film has appeared on the top at the edge on the glass. Also, there are a few bubbles on the ...
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Can I distill contaminated wine?
15 days ago I started a batch of wine from a Wine Kit. I went to measure the SG to begin the next step when I found the wine had a film layer at the top. Anyway I phoned the place that sold it to me ...
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Is it possible to decontaminate wine?
Is it possible to decontaminate my wine after some (not too clean) objects fell into it?
I was straining my blackberry/elderberry wine through a straining bag. The brew is about a week old at this ...
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Flies in wine before airlocking
I picked some wild blackberries, mashed them up with sugar and water, plus yeast and two campden tablets, and put these into a bucket and covered (loosely, with a t-shirt - that was probably my ...
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If you make wine in higher quantities, is there a higher chance of contamination?
I am currently only making wine in one gallon quantities but I am looking at increasing that. As a beginner is there more room for making a bad wine if there is more of it?
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Is H2S poisonous in wine?
So I have a batch of wine that seems to have been contaminated and has the sulfur smell that is characteristic of H2S.
Clearly I can't sell or give away this wine, but is it still safe to drink?
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