Mead taste good, smells awful. suggestions?

[michio]

Hey Y'all
My watermelon mead wasn't (link) a complete disaster. The taste came out tasting, like watermelons of course but the smell is awful. It smells like bad watermelon or a dirty shoe and smell is sort of apart of taste. No bacteria growth as far as i can tell. Good clarity and Fermented well (ate most of the sugar).

Its sitting in the secondary and I'm thinking of adding hibiscus flower. I would love some suggestions on how to maybe fix this issue. Willing to do anything to fix it.

 

[Blacksmith1]

Wait! See your own linked thread.

 

[Seamonkey84]

Aging/Degassing helps a lot. When I poured a sample glass of mine, it smelled awful, but after swirling and letting it breath for a while, the smell went away and the flavor mellowed out.

 

[michio]

Wait! See your own linked thread.

Thanks, I saw that.

Aging/Degassing helps a lot. When I poured a sample glass of mine, it smelled awful, but after swirling and letting it breath for a while, the smell went away and the flavor mellowed out.

hmm Noted. Hopefully this is the case.

 

[dmtaylor]

Age it for a few months and hope for the best. Sometimes age helps a lot, sometimes not. Good luck.