Cost £15.66, started 17 March 2012, bottled 27 May 2012 - review based on tasting several bottles 26 May 2013.
A waste of £15.66
ABV 11.5% - though I added 650g sugar to get there.
A very nasty wine indeed, awful smell of something akin to acetone and just a very unpleasant taste that had the most tenuous relationship to wine of any I've experienced. On a par with my runner-bean and elderberry experience and i wonder if this has seen about the same exposure to grape.
Passed-off at a picnic after decanting the night before into muslin covered bottles to try and get rid of the stink. Fortunately the guests had been warmed up on beed and ginger-beer.
One saving grace. The smell disappears on cooking. This is the only use to which I can suggest it is appropriate.
A waste of £15.66
ABV 11.5% - though I added 650g sugar to get there.
A very nasty wine indeed, awful smell of something akin to acetone and just a very unpleasant taste that had the most tenuous relationship to wine of any I've experienced. On a par with my runner-bean and elderberry experience and i wonder if this has seen about the same exposure to grape.
Passed-off at a picnic after decanting the night before into muslin covered bottles to try and get rid of the stink. Fortunately the guests had been warmed up on beed and ginger-beer.
One saving grace. The smell disappears on cooking. This is the only use to which I can suggest it is appropriate.
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