I can;t resist --- "if you're smelling it from the bung hole".

Just as well we're amongst friends here! ;-)



> if your smelling it from the bung hole, it is likely that it is just
> the glass or wood you are smelling that has taken on the rubber smell,
> and not the wine. I use the rubber as well and the bunghole smells,
> but the wine is fine (no contact of rubber to wine). After the rubber
> ages a bit it should stop smelling, I would suppose.
>
>
> Jon wrote:
>> Has anyone had any problems with off odors using some of these new
>> rubber bungs? I've recently purchased them from several suppliers, but
>> they all seem to have a very strong rubber smell. It is so strong that
>> after removing the bung on a carboy of wine, the only thing I could
>> smell was the rubber bung. My concern is that they will leave off
>> odors/tastes in the finished wine.
>>
>> Anyone else have similar concerns?
>