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Last fermenter is about to be empty. This one is my blue razz jolly rancher. Smells amazing. Tastes terrible (without back sweetening) Came out at 11.8% abv. Back sweetening with simple syrup down to 8.5% seems to be the winning combo, if I were drinking it as a wine: smells much stronger than it tastes of the delicious artificial blue razz flavor. Over all a fun YOLO project. Guess we’ll see how it tastes as a spirit in the next few hours + 24 hours for the angels to have their share. Now to determine what to make next… I’m thinking of trying pressure fermenting in the keg for my beer, a wine for my girlfriend, and the third fermenter for whatever meme spirit I feel like whipping up next, which I haven’t the slightest clue of what I’m in the mood for yet.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] poleslav 4 points 1 month ago

It turned out not too bad off the still! Early hearts and heads had a nice blue razz flavor, tail ends tasted just like a sugar wash. I’m curious to see how the flavors change once I cover it in cloth and let it air out for 24 hours then blend and proof it down but so far, much better than some of my past endeavors lol