grownathome
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Hi all,
Been a long time since I've been on here. Life and work has kept me busy. Still brewing a few batches here and there. Have a question though. My father got me into homebrew about a year ago.
Last year (2014) he wanted me to help him bottle his Tea wine. Will say he let it ferment, without touching it, moving it, anything, for right at a year. Smelling it you could tell there was alcohol in it. However, there was absolutely no taste of the alcohol, nor the effects alcohol would give you. I did notice that ground started to swirl a little bit and my whole body felt really good. Like it was in the right state of 'being.'
Right after we bottled that batch he started another batch, this time of cranberry Juice. Yes, might seem cringe worthy to some people, but he used 100% Cranberry juice NO SUGAR ADDED in it. He added his own supply of sugar from the local store. Fast forward 17 months and a few days (damn near 1.5 years!!!) later, having that be today (4/6/15/) he asked if I would bottle the Cranberry, since I've been doing batches on my own he had faith in me!!!
Again, after taking the airlock off, you could smell the alcohol in there. This time it was a little sweeter than the Tea, but still had zero trace of alcohol taste in it. My body and head felt pretty good after taking a few big swigs, but still felt NO effects of alcohol!!!!
This has me confused and a little flustered as to what it may be, since it smells like alcohol abut doesn't taste or give the effects of it. I have a 1 gallon batch of=/Mango (with a few other fruits in there) going for a little over 7 months now and waiting to cap it off and another of Cranberry Apple (Juice with NO sugar added) going for almost a month now.
Sorry for the long post/rant. But does anyone on here know what it might be?!?! I'm pretty new to wine making still and my dad's been doing it for 10 or so years now...mom doesn't think it's alcohol either and swears not to drink it. Any help or comments would be grately appreciated.
Until then, Happy Brewing
Been a long time since I've been on here. Life and work has kept me busy. Still brewing a few batches here and there. Have a question though. My father got me into homebrew about a year ago.
Last year (2014) he wanted me to help him bottle his Tea wine. Will say he let it ferment, without touching it, moving it, anything, for right at a year. Smelling it you could tell there was alcohol in it. However, there was absolutely no taste of the alcohol, nor the effects alcohol would give you. I did notice that ground started to swirl a little bit and my whole body felt really good. Like it was in the right state of 'being.'
Right after we bottled that batch he started another batch, this time of cranberry Juice. Yes, might seem cringe worthy to some people, but he used 100% Cranberry juice NO SUGAR ADDED in it. He added his own supply of sugar from the local store. Fast forward 17 months and a few days (damn near 1.5 years!!!) later, having that be today (4/6/15/) he asked if I would bottle the Cranberry, since I've been doing batches on my own he had faith in me!!!
Again, after taking the airlock off, you could smell the alcohol in there. This time it was a little sweeter than the Tea, but still had zero trace of alcohol taste in it. My body and head felt pretty good after taking a few big swigs, but still felt NO effects of alcohol!!!!
This has me confused and a little flustered as to what it may be, since it smells like alcohol abut doesn't taste or give the effects of it. I have a 1 gallon batch of=/Mango (with a few other fruits in there) going for a little over 7 months now and waiting to cap it off and another of Cranberry Apple (Juice with NO sugar added) going for almost a month now.
Sorry for the long post/rant. But does anyone on here know what it might be?!?! I'm pretty new to wine making still and my dad's been doing it for 10 or so years now...mom doesn't think it's alcohol either and swears not to drink it. Any help or comments would be grately appreciated.
Until then, Happy Brewing