Pinesol taste after clear and sweeten

[RedNeckWino]

Skeeter pee tastes like pinesol. It is crystal clear and was down to .995. Sweetened to 1.015. It is better, but bitter. Tried going to 1.020, no difference. Any suggestions?

 

[Tom]

post recipe and what you did so far

 

[RedNeckWino]

Lees from Cran-Pomegranate-Raspberry and from Blackberry
3 bottles of 32oz 100% lemon juice
6 lbs sugar
2 tsp. yeast nutrient
2 tsp. yeast energizer
Water to 6 Gallons,

Starting SG 1.060, ending SG 0.995 (Want a cool drink, not a drunken stuper.)
Cleared with sparkleoid, pee is 3 weeks old, been clear for 4-5 days now,

 

[Arne]

What did you clean, sanitize your equiptment with?? Did it get rinsed out good enough? Kinda sounds like maybe not. Arne.

 

[RedNeckWino]

Sanitized with hot Easy Clean. Drained but not rinsed. Everything cleaned every use. Anal retentive on cleaning. I work in a fruit processing plant and sanitation is all important, there and here.

 

[FishNiX]

I would say that prior to adding back some lemon (and lime for me), my SP smelled like pinesol... It didn't taste it tho. It could be a mix of the slurry + lemon giving you that flavor. I like mine tart, so I added back ~3oz of lemon, 3oz of lime, +1/4c sugar/gal

 

[Minnesotamaker]

Just think how fresh your bathroom will smell after a night of heavy drinking.

The only strange smells I've gotten is when a ferment gets too warm. Smells like a home hair perm kit to me.

 

[RedNeckWino]

Gotta clean the craper hun, get me a jug of skeeter pee!

Added a bottle of LIME juice. Huge difference. Just have to wait for it to clear again.

 

[Runningwolf]

Just think how fresh your bathroom will smell after a night of heavy drinking.

The only strange smells I've gotten is when a ferment gets too warm. Smells like a home hair perm kit to me.

AHHHH Lon weren't you the one that used his Candy Cane wine for cleaning the commode a few years ago?

 

[abefroman]

Lees from Cran-Pomegranate-Raspberry and from Blackberry
3 bottles of 32oz 100% lemon juice
6 lbs sugar
2 tsp. yeast nutrient
2 tsp. yeast energizer
Water to 6 Gallons,

Starting SG 1.060, ending SG 0.995 (Want a cool drink, not a drunken stuper.)
Cleared with sparkleoid, pee is 3 weeks old, been clear for 4-5 days now,
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