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│  Started 13 liters of apple cider a few hours ago... 
│  airlocks beginning to show that fermentation has began
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│  And tonight, I'll distill my "Trix Cereal" wine
│  (~18L water, 700g Trix cereal, 3kg sugar, yeast nutrient) 
│  notes on smell and taste will come.... 
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├─■ 🕑 35. 
│ │  Just started distilling the Trix cereal wine / beer! 
│ │  I wonder how it'll turn out...
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│   │  The early part of the run has smelled very berry-like. Not what I was
│   │  expecting, though I never eat Trix cereal so I'm a poor judge.
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│   │  As we approach the end of the run, the corn notes are starting to come
│   │  through. It's interesting how different smells and tastes come out at 
│   │  different parts.
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│     │  I got about ~4 liters out of my 18L 9% ABV Trix experiment.
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│     │  700g of smashed and boiled Trix cereal with 3kg of sugar. 
│     │  Fermented for 1 week, allowed to clear a bit before boiling
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│     │  1st jar (1.5L) smells very fruity -- perhaps berries and citrus 
│     │                 ... but also very strong in alcohol
│     │  2nd jar (1.5L) is a bit more ambiguous. 
│     │  3rd jar (~1L) is much more corny, but also weaker in alcohol. 
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│     │  I will likely incorporate this with my ~10L of "stripped" tomato paste
│     │  wash to make some kind of gin. The corn and berry notes should add a
│     │  nice complexity to the juniper, coriander, et al.
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│     ├─■ 🕑 38. 
│     │   Sampling jar #2 of the Trix cereal wine (72% ABV), mixing with cola.
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│     │   The strongest flavors carrying through are corn with incidental 
│     │   berry / lemon sweetness. But the heads and tails present hinder the 
│     │   potential for tastiness. I feel like if it were to be distilled again,
│     │   aged hearts on oak would taste as a pretty tasty bourbon ..
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│     └─■ 🕑 39. 
│         Mixed some of jar #1 with milk -- wondered how milk w/ cereal liquor
│         would be. I'm not sure if it was the "heads" or what but the cocktail
│         was almost completely revolting and not something I would wish upon
│         my friends or enemies. 2/10 
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└─■ 🕑 41. 
    fermentation finished in under a week; another week of aging made it
    quite clear and smooth. Great cider!