Evan!
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As my signature implies, and friend and I recently brewed a Mango-Peach Wit. We tossed in some fresh peach slices along with the coriander + orange peel; I racked into a new bucket several days later, so that the tannins/bitterness in the orange peel and coriander didn't overpower.
At seven days post-brew, I added a whole bunch of fresh peach and mango slices, and let them steep for 9.5 days.
Last night, I bottled. When I opened the bucket to transfer to the bottling vessel, I (as is typical) took a big sniff. ACK! :cross: That junk knocked me back and cleared my sinuses out...it was like sniffing rubbing alcohol, but with peach flavoring.
Anyway, my question is: what does this mean? Anything? I realize that the yeast was just munching on the fruit's sugar and crapping out alcohol, but did I bottle too soon? The yeast appeared to have settled into a nice cake on the bottom, so that's no big deal; but I kinda worry about overcarbonation in-bottle if there were excessive fruit sugars and active yeasts in the mix, in addition to the priming sugars. I tasted some of the stuff when I bottled, and it didn't taste too sweet---in fact, it tasted like liquid gold...so my fears may be misplaced.
Any thoughts?
At seven days post-brew, I added a whole bunch of fresh peach and mango slices, and let them steep for 9.5 days.
Last night, I bottled. When I opened the bucket to transfer to the bottling vessel, I (as is typical) took a big sniff. ACK! :cross: That junk knocked me back and cleared my sinuses out...it was like sniffing rubbing alcohol, but with peach flavoring.
Anyway, my question is: what does this mean? Anything? I realize that the yeast was just munching on the fruit's sugar and crapping out alcohol, but did I bottle too soon? The yeast appeared to have settled into a nice cake on the bottom, so that's no big deal; but I kinda worry about overcarbonation in-bottle if there were excessive fruit sugars and active yeasts in the mix, in addition to the priming sugars. I tasted some of the stuff when I bottled, and it didn't taste too sweet---in fact, it tasted like liquid gold...so my fears may be misplaced.
Any thoughts?