Starting my first Dragon Blood, questions will go here...

bionerd said:

Happy to offer advice! I'm not sure if you are doing this now, but it can help to have a "lab notebook" of sorts to record everything that you do and try out different things. It definitely helps troubleshoot since you can change one thing at a time and see how you like the product. You can also record your tasting dates to find that "sweet spot" of aging. We have a little notebook where we have the dates for everything we do and all the calculations (helps to find math errors lol)

I might be a bit more OCD in terms of record keeping, but 9+ years of biology research does that to a person hahaha

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wineforfun said:

It sounds like it could be some of the lemon juice. I know for us it gives a little bit of a burn and can have a "different" taste until you figure out what it is.

Only other thing I can think of is if it isn't degassed enough and that is what you are experiencing.

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Zintrigue said:

I've been keeping a notebook just for fun! College chem trained me well. However, I didn't think to leave space for tasting notes at different time. Well put, sir

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Bodenski said:

I have been using Evernote to document all my progress, plans, recipes and tasting notes. Although my tasting notes are not very descriptive ("no longer tastes like jet fuel," etc). But I've got lots of room to add to each note and I can access it on all of my computers, iPad, etc.

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Zintrigue said:

Transferred all my notes to Evernote. Feeling good about this. Pictures are a great addition to my note taking process. Thanks, Bodenski!

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