dragbone

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[–] dragbone@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

I guess you are right, if it were that potent at stopping spoiling we wouldn't need all the chemicals we use today to preserve foods :D I'll try cleaning the lemons more aggressively and see if it helps :D

[–] dragbone@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

Good to know, I'll try again but will make sure the better clean the lemons!

[–] dragbone@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

Juice shouldn't be the problem because the other half of my brew without the peel (but also with juice) worked without a problem. But good to know that the lemon itself should work, might be due to pesticide on the lemons...

[–] dragbone@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

Good to know it should work in general. I'll try again :)

[–] dragbone@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

It was a very small amount of thinly sliced lemon peel (less than a teaspoon). From the other comments I'm guessing that the lemon was treated with a pesticide that also killed my fermentation.

[–] dragbone@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

Good to know, I'm going to blame the lemons I used and try again!

[–] dragbone@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks for your comment! Kefir might be more sensible to whatever treatment the lemons got, I guess I'll try washing with hot water :)

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by dragbone@discuss.tchncs.de to c/homebrewing@sopuli.xyz
 

I've been brewing lemonade with a ginger bug and water kefir for quite a while. But whenever I try to incorporate lemon peel it seems to completely halt fermentation. I have tried normal and organic lemons without success. Currently I have a small batch of kefir with lemon juice going. Half of the batch is with lemon peel and that half shows no sign of fermentation after 30 hours (I have already bottled the other half because it was ready). Did any of you have similar experiences? I would really like to include peel for the taste 🙃

EDIT: Thanks for the many inputs! Summarizing the responses it seems like lemon peel doesn't inherently stop fermentation and the cause is more likely to be whatever pesticide the lemons were treated with. So I got myself a very expensive (supposedly) untreated lemon which I will use in my next brew (after washing it thoroughly) and continue from there.

[–] dragbone@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm assuming this is considering a technical problem? We generally prefer consent over consensus meaning a solution is accepted if noone is against it instead of everyone being for it.

[–] dragbone@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

I have only killed plants in self watering pots (with soil). Semi hydroponic is the way in these pots as far as I'm concerned. Pothos worked pretty good for me.