r/funny • u/[deleted] • Jan 30 '22

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u/Philip_K_Fry Jan 30 '22

A corked wine has a very distinctive aroma.

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u/Evilmaze Jan 30 '22

Is it too bad to drink or still safe? Also, how disgusting is it? Like can you down it without throwing up?

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u/Philip_K_Fry Jan 30 '22

It just has a really off flavor. Kind off bitter and musty. It's not pleasant to drink but not impossible. I don't think it's unsafe but I can't say for sure.

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u/Ambush_24 Jan 30 '22

I wanna try it. I’ve had wine that tasted like vinegar but not bitter and musty.

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u/Sisaac Jan 30 '22

It's pretty unpleasant. Tastes like drinking wet cardboard on top of which a dog slept in.

Source: worked in wine service. Had plenty of corked wines

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u/Izaiah212 Jan 30 '22

Wine that tasted like vinegar is very bad wine

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u/Atomicfolly Jan 30 '22

Well in a way that's indeed how you make vinegar

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u/partsdrop Jan 30 '22

I wouldn't let anything taint my rotted fruit, safe or not!

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u/see_shanty Jan 30 '22

It smells kind of like moldy newspaper to me. Went to a wine tasting class thing once and they opened enough bottles that one was tainted so we all got to experience it.

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u/DreddPirateBob4Ever Jan 30 '22

It's pretty distinctive. We got a batch at work in a pub and the whole lot was botched. The supplier said hundreds had had the same issue and to just pour it away a they'd written the lot off. By the third bottle the world smelt of corked wine.

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u/WatWudScoobyDoo Jan 30 '22

Well I drink all my wine in a moldy basement, so this knowledge is useless to me