View Single Post
  #5 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.crafts.winemaking
[email protected] doublesb@hotmail.com is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 287
Default Excess Sulphites

I was thinking the same thing. Paul is correct. Is it SO2 or H2S?

On Feb 10, 9:12*pm, "Paul E. Lehmann" >
wrote:
> Shane Badham wrote:
> > Hi,

>
> > I have a Chard kit wine which seems to have a harsh sulphur dioxide
> > taste. Its now a month old and I had hoped it would dissipate.

>
> > Short of pouring it from demijohn to demijohn, has anyone any other
> > suggestions.

>
> It would be good to first determine if it is sulphur dioxide or H2S.
>
> Does it smell of rotten egg? *If it does, it is probably not sulphur
> dioxide. *I can't imagine a kit wine having you add too much sulphur
> dioxide - unless you ignored what was in the kit and did your own thing.