At 1pm today (12/10/08) Bob, Lee and Mike checked all the containers/barrels and topped the Malbec and Chard.
The Chard (stainless steel keg) smells great, tastes good (could use a touch of wood) and containers are good to go. We racked the 3 gal carboy and got rid of about a 1/2 gallon of goop in the bottom. jTasted the 3 gal carboy and it is the same good taste as the stainless keg.
The Washington Malbec smells strong of rotten egg. The barrel was down about 2 bottles. Need to rack it over copper soon. (did not smell the carboy of Wa/Malbec. (Sorry)
The Idaho Malbec smells great, tastes great and has been topped (about 3/4 a bottle)
The bungs, bubblers and corks are looking good in everything else. We did open one barrel of 08 cab and the level has not dropped since we racked on Sunday 9/07/08, so we left the other recently racked containers alone.
Empty barrel smells really good.
One barrel that appeared to be slightly leaking still shows a stain, and I was able to feel about a drop of wet red wine on my finger after I ran it around the head, but it seems to be OK. Maybe it has swollen and sealed itself.
Bungs that were removed were meta'd and returned.
I'll send an e-mail to Quality Nursery to inform David of the rotten egg smell in his Malbec.
That's it! Mike
Margaret Dimmick
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