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What kind of Lemon Juice are you guys using for your Skeeter Pee? All the Lemon Juice I find in the Super Market contains Sodium Benzonate... which is a preservative that inhibits fermentation. I used some anyway for a small 1 gallon test batch, and didn't see any signs of fermentation for...

I use a K-Metabisulfite & water mixture to sanitize all my equipment and also added a small amount of K-Metabisulfite after fermentation was finished, but I don't think I have a sulfite sensitivity because I've done this with other batches and haven't had this problem. Plus I've never had this...

Welches does make a straight white, so does Langers. The one I used for this batch happend to be crappy Shop Rite brand. I believe all of them have citric acid and potassium metabisulfite added to help preserve, but they still will ferment as long as they don't have any sorbates.

Thanks, didn't realize it could take that long for for alcohols or fusels to burn out. Yea I cooked it for about 15-20 minutes so according to that link maybe 35%-40% was retained. Can't believe I still felt the effects though considering not much was used... I suppose fusels are really potent...

I should also mention a couple of brewing fouls were committed when making this small batch: The Original gravity was very high... lots of sugar was added I didn't use an airlock, instead after fermentation, I sprayed the top with private preserve and used a screw cap (not screwed all the way)...

I made a small one gallon experimental batch using store bought white grape juice. At bottling time, the stuff had a really strong rubbing alcohol smell... and after taking only a few sips, I felt really tired and out of it. Like I had a hangover but without even being drunk. The next day I...