Thanks Paul!
I'll give it a go.
j
"Paul E. Lehmann" wrote:
> Jack wrote:
>
> > Hello Luc -
> >
> > Thanks for the prompt reply.
> >
> > Sewer smell would be closest.
> >
> > And I'm pleased that it will go away! My first
> > reaction was: hell, there goes a whole gallon
> > with those hand-picked blackberries!
> >
> > Jack
>
> If it is sewer smell it ain't going to go away by
> itself. You will need to do some remedial work.
> Stirring vigorously and aerating MAY work or you
> may need to add some copper sulphate. Look
> through the archives on using copper for H2S
> problems - or hopefully perhaps someone will post
> again. I hate it when people just tell you to
> read the archives.
>
> >
> > Luc Volders wrote:
> >
> >> Can you describe it more.
> >> Is it like the smell off Rotten eggs then you
> >> have an H2S problem. This can be solved by
> >> racking the wine several times by splashing it
> >> in the new receptor so it will get lots of air.
> >>
> >> If it is a smell like a sewer, which I had with
> >> my plum wine last year, it will vanish in due
> >> time.
> >>
> >> If it smells like someone has mowed the lawn
> >> (like my dandelion wine had when it was
> >> pulp-fermenting) that vanished also in due
> >> time.
> >>
> >> Maybe you can give us another description.
> >>
> >> Luc
> >>
> >> On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 21:52:34 -0300, Jack wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi folks -
> >> >
> >> > Racked my gallon lot of sweet blackberry
> >> > (Tasmanian recipe) tonight, and it has a
> >> > rather pungent aroma!
> >> >
> >> > It was started June 22, transferred to
> >> > secondary under an airlock June 29 and racked
> >> > for the first time tonight. Taste and sniff
> >> > test at that time was normal, although a bit
> >> > "thin".
> >> >
> >> > Taste tonight normal for an immature wine.
> >> >
> >> > It's the first off-beat behaviour in the
> >> > dozen or so "country wines" I've got moving
> >> > toward bottling.
> >> >
> >> > Any thoughts on what happened, and possible
> >> > remedy?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
> >> >
> >> > Jack
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