Vomit smell from my hydromel?

[Chris_The_Rogue]

I started up a Mojito flavored hydromel on Sunday. When i went to step feed it the smell that came off of it was a vomit like smell. Ive gotten sulfur smells making cider before and this isn't what im getting. Is this being caused by the acidity from the limeade? Or have i made some other kind of mistake?
The recipe : 1 gallon batch

2 cups strong mint tea
1 lb clover honey
1 can limeaid frozen juice concentrate
1/4 cup light brown sugar. ( to give it a slight rum like taste, or at least i hope it does)
1 tsp Lemon Juice ( From those lemon shaped squeeze bottles)
1 tsp Lime Juice ( Same as above but Lime shaped )
5 drops green food coloring
Appropriate amounts of Yeast nutrient, Yeast energizer and Di ammonium Phosphate
1/2 packet of Lalvin RC 212 Yeast.

OG was 1.062

 

[gratus fermentatio]

It's the citrus, or rather the acid in the citrus.
regards, GF.

 

[Chris_The_Rogue]

Thanks gf. Can i expect the smell to dissapate?

 

[bernardsmith]

What's the pH. I would think that it might be very stressfully - (for the yeast) low. Perhaps the yeast is producing mercaptans in response. Not sure that that dissipates on its own... You may have to rack through a copper scrubber (suitably sanitized) and you may also need to decrease the acidity of the liquor by adding K carbonate if it is close to 3.0

 

[Chris_The_Rogue]

Got home today and it is undeniably infected. Down the drain it went. Thinking there were some bugs either in the frozen concentrate or on the outside of its container.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

What made you think it was infected?
Regards, GF.

 

[Chris_The_Rogue]

Smell worsened even further and color had changed and stuff growing on top.

 

[bismarkarek]

stuff growing on top...ya that's a pretty good hint