fermentation never started, is it salvageable?

[NorCal]

I'm not a chemist or a biologist, simply being pragmatic.

If I had a gallon of acidic water with 2.5 % alcohol sitting for a month in a sealed container, I'd toss it. It might be ok, it might not, so for a dollars worth of ingredients, why spend all the time and effort trying to recover something that might not be good?

 

[Kristi]

I'm not a chemist or a biologist, simply being pragmatic.

If I had a gallon of acidic water with 2.5 % alcohol sitting for a month in a sealed container, I'd toss it. It might be ok, it might not, so for a dollars worth of ingredients, why spend all the time and effort trying to recover something that might not be good?

I'm of the "better safe than sorry" camp as well. Good points made. Thanks NorCal.