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Offline klickitat jim

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Pinot Sherwin Williams
« on: January 11, 2015, 03:03:30 pm »
In late September I made a one gallon batch of "wine" with some scrawny pinots I have growing. No boil, no chemicals,  no washing, crush and go. I wasnt sure of the sugar content so I added two cups of cane sugar. I didnt have wine yeast so I pitched bread yeast. It bubbled for a couple months sitting on my book cabinet next to the woodstove. Once it finally stopped I put it in the fridge. Today I cracked it open and it smells exactly like fresh interior house paint. I sipped it and it was the most tannic astringent thing I've had short of straight alum powder.

Findings
1. I don't like wine
2. I'm not making any more

Offline Jimmy K

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Re: Pinot Sherwin Williams
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2015, 03:17:30 pm »
Well that's about the outcome I expected from that description.
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Offline klickitat jim

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Re: Pinot Sherwin Williams
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2015, 04:21:58 pm »
Actually its pretty amazing how hard it is to make an undrinkable wine.

Offline HoosierBrew

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Re: Pinot Sherwin Williams
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2015, 04:44:57 pm »
Actually its pretty amazing how hard it is to make an undrinkable wine.

I hear ya. First cider I ever made I somehow managed to make taste like lighter fluid. Could've burned it in a camp stove. And cider's not hard to make either .
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