U3 didn't quite rise to our level of expectations. (And they say that I can be too blunt. How's that for politically correct mushmouth talk?)
Ya, the long and the short of it is that it fermented 2/3 of the way and croaked. We did everything short of bringing in unicycle riding midgets but couldn't get it to finish. It was probably around 18% ABV but still WAY too sweet. It was undrinkable as it was, so we gave it to a friend and he ran it through his Wooba Gooba machine and seperated it into it's componet parts. We took the first 18% or so of the liquid that came out of the Wooba Gooba machine and kept that seperate form the rest.
I haven't actually tried it yet, this occured over the winter and the stuff was just dropped off at TWB last week. I plan on heading there this evening and trying it. I'll probably put in some charred oak sticks into the jug (my share is around a gallon) and wait and see what develops. If any of you local guys are interested in trying it come by TWB tonight. I'll probably be there around 6.