dessertmaker
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The wife made some delicious lemonade for a party. We didn't drink it all, so the gallon that had been kept in the refrigerator got thrown in a Carlo Rossi 1 Gallon "Carboy." When it hit 72 degrees I took a hydrometer reading of 1.060, pitched some Cotes des Blanc yeast (just what I had lying around).
48 hours later I smelled something funny, notice sediment on top, and took the reading shown above.
Off the top it tasted like slightly salty dish soap and smelled like acid.
Took a sample 2 inches down and it was better. But still had the acid aftertaste.
The wife told me she did use some powdered lemonade. (Not her usual which is why I just threw it in the 1 gallon carboy. I'd have never bothered if I'd known she had powdered mix in there.)
I know 1.060 is low for skeeter pee but I intended on cold crashing it once it got down to 1.020, stabilizing it and backsweetening to 1.060 for a sessionable 5% hard lemonade.
Any idea what this crud floating on top might be? Is the wine saveable or do I just dump it? I think it's from the mix.
Edit: how the crap did it go from 1.060 to 1.070?!?!
Edit 2: I haven't bought an acid kit yet so I can't take any of those readings.
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