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Forgot fruit wine with citrus zest in it for over a month (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] 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] 5 points 8 months ago

I guess it's a particular problem with citrus which has a bitter taste in the zest. Mostly make wine out of grapes and keep the zest in sometimes for years and it has no impact.