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Fruit fly larvae on blackberries
Hi everyone, I’ve just picked a ton of blackberries and found fruit fly larvae on some of the fruit. Our plan was to freeze the fruit, then later thaw and boil with sugar etc to make wine. Is our batch of blackberries still okay with fruit fly larvae or should we chuck it out? Thanks!- Charlie_chic
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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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- airlock chemistry fault fruit flies oxygen spoilage vinegar
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Macro bin fermentation - how to keep fruit flies out
Hello, We are a new start up winery and plan to ferment our reds in macro bins. For anyone that also does this, do you cover them to keep the fruit flies out? We purchased the macro bin screens but they seem so tight knit that they wouldn't allow enough oxygen flow - but I could be wrong...- vintageescapes
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- fermentation fruit flies macro bins open top fermentation
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- Forum: Commercial Winery Forum