The Bog of Eternal Foot Stench

[DaveDiamond]

Okay, I get the reference now, I have my first foot stench brew!

I made a Seltzer, sugar and water, but put half a bottle of Yuzu Iced Tea in each 10 litre batch, 250ml in each. It's only just gone two weeks, but it was at 1.000 so I racked it and put some in the freezer to Sodastream and be my drink for tonight. It tastes okay, but it stinks!!!
I may have met my match.

 

[fluketamer]

you makin' hooch.

did you add nutrient.

aroma accounts for a majority of what the brain percceives as taste.

if it dont smell good its unlikey to taste good.

to make really good quafable beverages, use this very simple template:

For 1 gallon of fruit juice wine:
1 liter of white grape or red grape juice ( depending on whether the next fruit is light or dark)
2 liters of light or dark colored fruit juice ( some great light fruit choices are mango peach pineapple orange white cherry white cranberry lychee etc. dark fruit are obvious, blueberry cherry mulberry blackberry etc)
500 to 1000 grams of sugar depending on the strength of the wine you want in the end.
1 cup of strong black tea made with 3 tea bags (for tannins that are lacking)
the juice of a lemon (for acid thats lacking)

pectinase
nutrient
any wine yeast

water up to 1 gallon.
dont let it get above 70 degrees if you can help it this will cut down on the off flavors tremendously.

this always comes out rediculously good. its surefire enough that you can make 5 gallons if you want.
the lower abv ones are good carbed the higher ones better when still.

they age VERY well. the longer ytou wait the better.

if you backsweeten them to taste they can be made to anyone's liking.