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Based upon your reference to "hot", I would say it has an overly alcohol smell, like isopropyl (not that strong though). Almost acidic.

After almost two months to the day, my fermentation stopped, so I moved to a new bottle to clarify and in the process tasted a sample. Although I can taste the alcohol, honey and the oranges, it has a really nasty solvent-like aftertaste. Is this something that will age out? FYI: I used a...

Just as an FYI, I used a D47 and I did nothing special on the starter besides 30 minutes in warm water. It took about a week before bubbles showed up, and the fermentation over the last 4 weeks has been consistent but not over active. I expect to bottle next week, with an update then.

Thanks for the clarification. I had mixed up a five gallon batch and after three days it seemed like a stalled fermentation so I had to break one of the rules and give it a good sloshing around. Now I have activity every 10 seconds or so and all is good. I promise I'll follow all the...

So even a 5 gallon batch is left in the primary fermenter for the full two months?