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My JAO

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NewBee
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Dec 7, 2007
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It's good. It is from a batch that follows the exact original recipe just scaled up for 5 gallons. Good enough for the likes of me. Time does it a lot of good its losing that orange cough medicine taste. Its very sweet. I think everyone should make it at least once!
 

Chevette Girl

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Apr 27, 2010
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Ottawa, ON
I think I still have one bottle from my very first batch of JAO in 2006, I sitll haven't decided when I will actually drink it :) Maybe we'll see how it is at ten years old.
 

caffeine211

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May 23, 2011
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Philadelphia, PA
Bottling my first (and probably only) JAO this weekend. It's about 8 months old. The flavor is dominated by cloves... which I'm not too fond of. Other than that it tastes decent. Hopefully some more aging will help it out.
 

Chevette Girl

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Well Caffeine, if you like it other than the cloves, just use less next time, or go without... sorry I can't tell you exactly what the effect of aging is on the clove flavour, with the exception of that one bottle, it never sticks around long enough! :)
 
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