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I can share my experience doing it several years ago. Turned out great but its very labor intensive! Used a recipe from an old thread on this forum and modified it somewhat. Hope my scribbling helps you. JOe

I would clean that stuff off, spray some kmeta in there and proceed. As long as it tastes and smells good I don't think it is flowers. I had it when I used crushed campden tabs during the last processing the fermentation. This current 6 g I am making uses only the kmeta powder so I will report...

Update- glad to report that no more film in any of the bottles or bulk aging carboys. We were away for two months so I was a little bit worried what I would find when we got home. It will age a little longer before bottling since we don’t need the carboys right now. next month on to spring...

I just did that with wine made from kumquat. A real strong citrus flavor after two years in bottle and strong etoh too. So we made a white sangria out of it and it’s ok that way.

Looking good!

Tried the kumquat wine. Pretty tart but made a great base for sangria out of it.

I just bought the Apera pH 60. Very easy to use. Good price too I think

I wish our Costco sold wine! My son in CT picked up a case of cotes du Rhone Kirkland but by the time he visited us there were only three. Glad to get that many. Next time I told him to buy two cases.

Not satsuma but we made some from kumquats. Cut the fruit and placed in strainer bags then used water to 3 gallons. Turned out a nice light yellow color. Pretty astringent citrusy taste though. I’m letting it age it’s almost one year aging now. I should try a bottle next month at the year mark...

I like grape wine but experimenting with other fruit comes a close second. Pear is one of my favorite non grape wines.

I have used old style milk crates to make it easier to move full carboys around. Never tried stacking empty ones on the side like that.

Took pH today 1/2 g can sauv 3.52 Some film at neck of bottle. Siphoned into two 750 bottles added kmeta and corked. Will see how this goes now. Smell and taste is good. here is the neck with film pic. joe

AJ read your thread. Hope mine has a similar happy result!

Maybe these pics will help?

Thx guys for those pictures. Mine looks similar but not as much film as David’s. The two 5 g carboys are fine so far no sign of the film. The 1 g just developed some film. I will treat with powdered kmeta today. No white wines ever develop it only the reds.

So how did it turn out silver?

pH tester is on the way, but I decided to not fool around with this and racked and added Kmeta 1/2 tsp to both the 6 gal carboy and the 5 gal carboy. strange that I have a 1 gal jug of the same wine that is in the 5 gal carboy and no signs of anything on the top of the bottle neck. Maybe I am...

Anyone use the Apera SX620 pH digital tester? Amazon has the .01 capable tester for $64. Is there one you would recommend in the less than $100 price range for what we do? Thanks Joe

I need to take a pH reading and will post those results. Thx. Joe

I had a red wine bulk aging last winter in a 5 gallon carboy that was correctly fitted with bung and airlock that developed the flowers in wine problem- some kind of stuff floating up to the top of the neck of the bottle. I researched it here and elsewhere and determined it to be mycoderma. I...