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billb
 
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Default what is that smell

>
> DAP is cheap and easy to add. If you can get some, do, and add it
> at the rate of 1 g/L.
>



sure if there's a wine stuff store nearby. I'm in Las Vegas and the
only one I could find is a 15 mile drive to Henderson.

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"David C Breeden" > wrote in message
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> billb ) wrote:
> >>
> >> Likely hydrogen sulfide, possibly indicating a lack of nitrogen

as
> >a
> >> yest nutrient, depending on where in the course of your

> >fermentation
> >> you are.
> >>

>
> >I read that grape juice has all the nutrients yeast needs. I

added
> >only sugar water yeast and a little grape juice to this.

>
> >> If you're early on, whack it with DAP, now! The smell will only

> >get
> >> worse.
> >>

>
> >can't I just add more grape juice?

>
> Well, yeah, sure, you *could*. But it wouldn't do a darn thing to
> fix the problem, if it really is a nutrient deficiency. Grape
> juice, depending on from what variety it was obtained and where in
> the country it was grown, can be wildly deficient in necessray
> nutrients (like available nitrogen).
> Dave
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> >billb

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