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Daniel_B
 
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Default Unexpected something showing up in the wine

I've noticed a few small white squiggly things a couple times in the past.
This has only been on the rare occasion when I've racked off a bunch of
sediment, into my secondary, then did some vigourous stirring to gas-off,
just prior to bottling. I determined it was plastic from my secondary. The
large plastic spoon I use could scrape off a tiny piece of plastic from the
side of the secondary if it hit it the right way.

"John Q. Lurker" > wrote in message
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> Hello everyone. Quick question(s)
>
> I just bottled my first batch on Friday. Today I started to put the
> capsules on. I put the first one on, and when I was done, there was a
> whitish fibrous matter floating in the wine (this happened right after I
> inverted the bottle). I thought maybe it is a precipitate that evolved

from
> the heat and that it would regain solubility after a short while. No

good.
>
> So I am thinking--do some corks have an amount of wax in them? That would
> explain it, but I surely don't know. If so (or if else), how do I keep

this
> from happening as I put my other capsules on.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> JQL
>
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