One of the most verdant places on the planet is at the edge of a pond where there is nothing but anaerobic soil and creepy water. But that's only because humans think it's bad. Water plants love that stuff. Soil critters love that stuff. Frogs/newts/snakes love that stuff.
It's easy to get
compost too wet, even in a pile, yet the best soil in our gardens is underneath the compost pile :-)
Not sure how much of it you've got, but the only thing that might....might make a tiny difference to the soil if you use it, is if the pH is really high or really low. Sulfur smell implies the bacteria in your mix -- there is always bacteria in a natural mix, it's supposed to be that way -- is turning your ingredients into sulfuric acid. That's a fine thing to know, because you can lower the pH of your soil with that, if you've got a pH over 7 or so.
If you want to undo the effect of your tea, you can dilute it by 50% and use it. Or dilute it and put it back onto a new compost pile, innoculating that new pile.
This is a good example of how we cannot escape knowing about science in the garden, the Elements involved, soil bacteria, soil critters, etc.
Sniffing compost tea tells you a lot about what is going on, and when it comes to compost, it's all good.
:-)
Mediterranean climate, hugel trenches, fabulous clay soil high in nutrients, self-watering containers with hugel layers, keyhole composting with low hugel raised beds, thick Back to Eden Wood chips mulch (distinguished from Bark chips), using as many native plants as possible....all drought tolerant.
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