Hello all! So here's the deal, I wanted to try something interesting in a small batch and settled on this recipe from a book.
4lbs potatoes
17 cups water
2.5lb honey
1tsp nutrient
1 lb raisins
I sliced the potatoes and put them in a straining bag. Boiled until tender. Pour potato water overall ingredients except yeast. Once it was in the bucket and mixed I pitched red star yeast at 80 degrees.
After a few days of smelling like great beer or honey notes, the wine now (day 5) smells awful to me but is hard to describe...bad soap? Not appetizing. This ~ my 5th batch and have not encountered something like this. Not a sulfur smell.Any ideas? Mildly concerning as well is that after racking today there is no activity in the carboy. Pics here.
https://imgur.com/gallery/0mtPvil
4lbs potatoes
17 cups water
2.5lb honey
1tsp nutrient
1 lb raisins
I sliced the potatoes and put them in a straining bag. Boiled until tender. Pour potato water overall ingredients except yeast. Once it was in the bucket and mixed I pitched red star yeast at 80 degrees.
After a few days of smelling like great beer or honey notes, the wine now (day 5) smells awful to me but is hard to describe...bad soap? Not appetizing. This ~ my 5th batch and have not encountered something like this. Not a sulfur smell.Any ideas? Mildly concerning as well is that after racking today there is no activity in the carboy. Pics here.
https://imgur.com/gallery/0mtPvil
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