davevg

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Put 5 gallons of this together Saturday. Used lemon concentrate and 1 ½ lbs sugar. Here’s the deal tho, the concentrate had pulp in it and I did not filter it out. Anyway it looked ok and I let it sit over night. All appeared to be ok in the morning. Activated some EC-1118 yeast and put it in yesterday morning at about 6 am. Checked it out about 12 noon and this is what it looked like.

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devaspawn

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Taste it. It's probably fine. Pleast tell me that's black marks in the outline. Otherwise that look really scary!

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Prim 1: Ogre's Inverted Extra Red Ale
Prim 2: Ogre's Hair of the Dog Imperial Amber Ale
Prim 3: Ogre's Relaxed APA
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homebrewer_99

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Man, I think the pulp really messed it up.

Send it to my address and I'll try to save it for you...

Looks good. Relax...you know the rest...

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rod

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i make this quite often except i use some malt extract so its similar to mikes hard lemonade.
it can take the yeast a while to start due to the high acidity.
i get the yeast hydrated in plain water then add a bit of sugar and some of the lemonade concentrate over the course of 6 hours to get the yeast acclimatized.
this thread gives yoopers advice that helped me out a lot
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=12104&highlight=mikes+hard+lemona de

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homebrewer_99

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Sorry, those are "leeches" and part of the original recipe, therefore, they stay......slime factor and copyright laws...you understand...

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devaspawn

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Well...I just don't know what to say about that HB...*shudder*

I revived that thread that rod mentioned. I want to see what people think of adding crystal light as a backsweetener.

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Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.

Prim 1: Ogre's Inverted Extra Red Ale
Prim 2: Ogre's Hair of the Dog Imperial Amber Ale
Prim 3: Ogre's Relaxed APA
Sec 1: Honey Blonde Ale with Hefe Yeast
Sec 2: Scotch Wee Heavy
Sec 3: Ogre's Simple Mead
Keg 1: Ogre's Brown Ale
Keg 2: Ogre's Extra Red Ale

davevg

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I checked it again this moring stll no bubbling. rod i just hydrated the yeast and put it in. Shoulld i redo it the way you explained above.

devaspawn and homebrewer_99 you are to funny lol

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rod

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i had 1 batch i didn't condition the yeast slowly, just put it in the main batch, and it took 2 weeks to start fermenting
but it still tasted fine at the end.
i would recommend hydrating and slowly condition another pack of yeast then add to your main batch.

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homebrewer_99

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Mission Accomplished...now pass me one of them lemon suckers...

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devaspawn

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Yes! I believe amusement provided should result in me drinking one of those bad boys!

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Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.

Prim 1: Ogre's Inverted Extra Red Ale
Prim 2: Ogre's Hair of the Dog Imperial Amber Ale
Prim 3: Ogre's Relaxed APA
Sec 1: Honey Blonde Ale with Hefe Yeast
Sec 2: Scotch Wee Heavy
Sec 3: Ogre's Simple Mead
Keg 1: Ogre's Brown Ale
Keg 2: Ogre's Extra Red Ale