Wine gone bad…
Wow. I was experimenting with a new TA meaurement kit tonight. This time using a pH meter to find the endpoint. Worked great. At least with my 2008 SB.
I had opened the 3/4 gallon jug of 2008 SB to use as my sample. Phew! It stunk, big time. Totally oxidized, with smells reminiscent of sherry, but really foul. Yuck! I wonder what happened? There was still a lot of lees in the jug.
I looked back. This jug was the last racking of the 6 gallon carboy. So maybe I picked up too much of the lees. I don’t know. I hope my other 2 3 gallon carboy are OK. I opened one and it smelled great!
Took a small sample to show my fellow winemakers at work. Poured the rest down the drain…