eau de skunk

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

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

Luc Volders wrote:

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.

Reminds me of something i saw on the food channel. If you take fresh strawberries and ice and put them in the blender, then take a big whiff as soon as you take the lid off it's suposed to smell horrible (sewer?) lol. Could be the same effect.

I'll give it a go.

"Paul E. Lehmann" wrote: