Fire cider fail

So I tried making fire cider for the first time and I followed a simple recipe, but all I got when it was done was a non spicy, bad tasting orange flavored fermented thing. My ingredients were horse radish root, onions, garlic, orange , jalapeños, ginger, turmeric powder, black peppercorns and AVC. It seems that the orange fermented but nothing else did and none of the other flavors came through, even the ACV tasted less ‘vinegary’. It fermented for three weeks in room temp. Thoughts?

I am not familiar with Fire Cider recipes that use orange so that sounds like the problem.

Also maybe the mixture needed to ferment longer as three weeks is about one week short.

Here are some recipes from the forum:

https://permies.com/t/136561/Bastyr-Fire-Cider-recipe

https://permies.com/wiki/150681/pep-natural-medicine/Fire-Cider-Rose-Custom-Recipe

Anne Miller wrote:I am not familiar with Fire Cider recipes that use orange so that sounds like the problem.

Also maybe the mixture needed to ferment longer as three weeks is about one week short.

Here are some recipes from the forum:

https://permies.com/t/136561/Bastyr-Fire-Cider-recipe

https://permies.com/wiki/150681/pep-natural-medicine/Fire-Cider-Rose-Custom-Recipe

Thanks for the links, I used orange because it was listed as an ingredient in the store, and some people on YouTube did it too. I’m gonna try again and omit any fruit.

Usually made with orange peel and infused for six weeks. I use an otherwise similar recipe and have had good results for the past 10 years.