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I managed to remove this H2S problem i was having with my wine. After 2 doses of Reduless I believe the smell is gone now and I've done a final racking and closed the bottles back up for another month or so. I wanted to post this to ask what, if anything special, should be the next steps after...

I have another post with more information on this whole experience titled: "First time winemaking - typical rotten egg problem" -- Just documenting this whole thing. But yeah I'll keep updating on the results. I'm much more hopeful now than I was before. One other thing I did the several days...

I just went downstairs and opened up the carboy to give it a whiff.. Pleasantly surprised, the smell is nearly gone. I used 1/4 teaspoon dissolved in clean RO water in each 3 gallon carboy the first time around. The results were strange as the picture above shows but it appears to be working as...

Well.. After primary, after mixing the rest of juice from the mash after putting it through the press, it smelled and tasted just fine. Sometime between the first bottling up into the carboy and three weeks later it developed this problem. I do think it came from a lack of nutrient but I don't...

Oh yeah i mixed it in quite vigorously. That would suck if it just clumped up and sank to the bottom. I dissolved it first in some water and poured it in while stirring. This isn't must -- I'm past that stage. So here's what happened. I went through the first stage of fermentation, there was no...

I racked my wine yesterday (2 x 3 Gallon) and found this bizarre looking formation at the bottom of the each one. I don't even know what to call it so searching for answers is difficult :) Anyhow I recently treated the wine for sulfide smell problem with Reduless. This was definitely NOT in...

@NorCal @jgmillr1 @cmason1957 @stickman Seems its working better on one container than the other. But both are a little better than before. I racked both of them just now. One thing that I simply cannot understand is this: I found this at the bottom of both containers.. I'm guessing since it...

Wanted to post the results.. its been 72+ hours..stirring occasionally as prescribed. So the story so far is, I can still smell the rotten egg smell when I pull the airlock off the carboy. However, when I pull the stirring utensil out of the wine and smell that, i smell nothing but wine. So, I...

Ok.. i finally added the Reduless. When I opened the container this time, I noticed less of the sulfide smell after airing it out, more wine-like. The smell is still there for sure but not as bad. I used a stainless steel stirrer and gave it a good mixing after pouring in the Reduless and...

@cmason1957 Nice.. Ok, good stuff--I'll get one! Tell me, does it even make sense to take the wine out of its present container at all? I could just pour the Reduless mixture right into the carboy and stir it up with the long spoon and then just replace the airlock.. come back and stir it up a...

@jgmillr1 @stickman @cmason1957 Alright then, I will put the recommended amount of Reduless mixture into the wine as prescribed, stir it up gently and then transfer it back into the carboy and put the airlock back on.. its going to make the occasional stirring a real pain because I'll have to...

MARBLES! That's a great idea! I will likely do that as well if need be. Some more questions, sorry, they just keep coming.. :) I really appreciate all the help! In using Reduless, the instructions are pretty skimpy, they only speak on measurements. Based on some of the previous posts I am...

@jgmillr1 Thats great! Thanks!! Oh and since you mentioned exposure to oxygen, one of the other questions was about the amount of space left over in the container after this first racking. After removing the gross lees, there's an additional aprox 1/4 inch of airspace in the container. Is that...

@jgmillr1 @Johnd Thanks a lot for the replies.. I just ordered some. I assume you guys have used this stuff before.. What happens to this stuff after it works it's magic? it sinks to the bottom or remains suspended in the wine from then on? Also, is this process hit or miss--is there a good...

I been reading other posts on this problem and I don't know if what I have here is ruined or salvageable.. so here goes. Here's the story so far. Malbec grapes Forgot the name of the yeast I bought from the shop Yielded about 6 gallons (2 x 3 gallon containers) The primary fermentation...