Acid
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well this is a 5 gallon batch with lemon juice from 8 lemons, 3 pints of orange juice, 13 pounds of honey and two handfuls of raisings. Spices include Ginger, cinammon and clove. I used nottigham yeast and I had it standing in room temperature for 3 weeks before I racked it a couple of days ago and placed it outside in the cold. I am not aiming for any particular taste, but I'd like it medium dry and thus I can add some sugars. Its 12%. It might have been somewhat contaminated either by wild yeasts or bacteria because I have never had any problems with my batches and the yeast residue looked somewhat strange. But really the only problem with it is that its to acidic and I would like not to use chemicals to even it out.
i am drinking it right now. The aroma is abit yeasty because its not completely clear yet, there is also a weak lemon and orange smell. The taste is boring and was little flavor from the honey. Could I use liquid maltextract? It could use some sugar and well... taste.
Well,
IMO too much citric acid up front, not enough honey up front, lots of aggressive spices up front. Really this shouldn't be a problem to backsweeten to a point that you feel suits your taste. I'd rack and let it settle for a bit, make up a honey water sweetener solution, and rack onto the the honey water to the gravity you feel matches your sweet tooth.
I don't think that LME or DME will be a good addition here, I'd stick with honey and give it some time. Then start adding spices once you have your sugar issue cured.
Hope that helps,
Oskaar
IMO too much citric acid up front, not enough honey up front, lots of aggressive spices up front. Really this shouldn't be a problem to backsweeten to a point that you feel suits your taste. I'd rack and let it settle for a bit, make up a honey water sweetener solution, and rack onto the the honey water to the gravity you feel matches your sweet tooth.
I don't think that LME or DME will be a good addition here, I'd stick with honey and give it some time. Then start adding spices once you have your sugar issue cured.
Hope that helps,
Oskaar
