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On the footsies of vinegar flies
I've read countless posts in countless threads on this forum warning of the dangers of fruit flies landing in your wine causing it to spoil and turn to vinegar. To me this has always seemed a bit ridiculous, and contradicts a lot of how I think about about fermentation and microbes. What is...- yeasty_boy
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Very disappointing taste red grape wine
Hi everyone, Your input really means a lot to me. I just need some clarification. I have batches that finally survived to 1.000 after a very long journey of cooking up and errors. I racked both into new carboys which eventually ended up with big spaces on the top. The whole story here. I...- MoeJay
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- contaminant degassing fault fermentation oxidized wine oxygen red grape juice smelling strong wine tasting
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Stalled red wine at 1030
Hi everyone, How is it going? Hope you are doing fine. I have made a red grape wine using Redstar yeast which stalled at 1030, Due to cooking up (misreading) with hydrometer readings, SG was 1190 then went down to 1100. I eventually realized my mistake and deluted it to 1070 which fermented...- MoeJay
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- bottling cider fault fizzy hydrometer red grape juice red star stalled fermenation sweet wine
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AFTER RACKING - TASTES LIKE SEWAGE!
Please help! I racked the wine into a 54L glass demijohn last week and at that point it was delicious, I tasted it today through the spigot and it tastes like sewage!!! Is there anyway to fix this? Please help. This is the wine I want to top up my 200L barrel with. Also, took a sample out of the...- Pista Varga
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- fault flaw garbage help sewage spoilage
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- Forum: Beginners Wine Making Forum