Mango Jalapeno

[Thewalljw]

I started my Mango beer on Friday and it didn't start bubbling during the ferment process until tues of this week. Is that normal. I added the mango as well as 4 jalapeno peppers for my five gallon amount. Sliced them and deseeded them. Will this turn out good?

 

[bajaedition]

1. that was a slow start
2. never tried that to tell you

 

[Brentk14]

I usually add fruit at during secondary. Four jalapenos seems like a lot, but I've never used them, only used habaneros.

 

[Thewalljw]

Habaneros? How many

 

[Brentk14]

I usually do 1 small hab for 5 gallons.

 

[BeerAddikt]

I've never used fresh peppers, only dried, but 4 is probably going to dial up the heat quite a bit. But you de-seeded them which will help. Only time will tell. The lag could be due to many things, we would need more details to speculate why (ie. yeast used, ferm temp, starter or not starter, etc)

As has already been said, you should wait until primary fermentation is done to add fruit, and most people prefer to do it in a secondary fermenter.

I just made a mango habanero sour ale which ROCKS. My preferred method of adding the heat is using habanero powder. It gives me more precise control from batch to batch.

If you got the heat right it will probably be pretty good. I've had mango jalapeno margaritas and they are great.

 

[shortyz]

jalepnos are hit and miss, its hard to judge what they are really going to do to your beer. The more white striations on the pepper the hotter those baby's are gonna be... the less the more earthy the flavor they will impart.

 

[Thewalljw]

Thank you all for the advice! I tried one this past weekend and it's got a real good Smokey flavor to it. The mango is just a hint and the spice just gives a little tingle to the lips after drinking. I was told it was good just can't drink a lot of it. For my first creative batch I believe it turned out well.

 

[Thewalljw]

I'm thinking about trying to recreate turtle anarchys Peanut butter chocolate porter, any suggestions?