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Forgot fruit wine with citrus zest in it for over a month (self.homebrewing)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by whaleross to c/[email protected]

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This particular little wine was supposed to have the fruits in it for ten days. I forgot all about it over Christmas stress so the fruit has been soaking for over a month. I racked it today and boy does it have an aftertaste of the zest. Do you think it can be recovered? Will the zesty bitterness reduce from aging? Or can I do something else about it?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've no experience on wine, but I can tell you I've once messed up the amount of citrus peel extract (just some dry citrus peel macerated in whiskey) I added to a beer and it was mostly undrinkable. The citrus peel bitterness did not go out after about 2 months and it was quite unpleasant. Ended up dumping the rest of the bottles. That particular batch also finished quite high on gravity, and I blamed it on adding the extract in primary fermentation.

I'd be curious if you're trying to age it, though, maybe something will happen after a longer while?

If all else fails, you could use it as cooking wine, I guess.

[–] whaleross 2 points 11 months ago

It's a small batch, so maybe I'll just save a couple of bottles and let them sit in some dark corner until I forget all about them and when I find them in some distant future it will be a surprise either way 🙃