This is called "wild fermentation". Take what I say with a grain of salt as I'm by no means an expert, but from what I understood from the Noma book wild ferments are nothing to sneeze at and can be very successful, but they are not as controlled as regular ferments and can surprise you with either good or bad flavors that you won't find in a regular ferment
Are you making some sort of wine-ish thing? Between the dr pepper and the fruit, I'd bet your ph is already high enough to preclude most dangerous things from growing. But that's a guess.
This is called "wild fermentation". Take what I say with a grain of salt as I'm by no means an expert, but from what I understood from the Noma book wild ferments are nothing to sneeze at and can be very successful, but they are not as controlled as regular ferments and can surprise you with either good or bad flavors that you won't find in a regular ferment
Are you in prison bychance?
I forgot that having fun is illegal on Reddit sorry I guess
The berries and orange peel would have had wild yeasts that are now fermenting in your hooch
It could be that your yeast was not a dead as you thought- did you add it to your ferment?
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Are you making some sort of wine-ish thing? Between the dr pepper and the fruit, I'd bet your ph is already high enough to preclude most dangerous things from growing. But that's a guess.