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03-02-2009, 11:40 AM
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Looking for some advice on lemonade and the difficulty of getting lemonade to carb up
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Hi all,
I made my first traditional style lemonade recently, I made ginger beer, orangeade and lemonade. The ginger carbed up within 24hours, the orangeade within 48 and I'm still waiting almost 120 days later on the lemonade, I even repitched with wine yeast.
I think the high acidity of the lemonade inhibited the yeast, any tips on this from anyone?
Eoin
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03-04-2009, 03:29 AM
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Are you bottling or kegging the lemonade? If kegging, you'll need to apply at least 30PSI, that what I had to do. Bottling can be more tricky to diagnose. You'll want to rehydrate the yeast else the acidity or alcohol will likely kill them.
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03-04-2009, 08:45 AM
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I'm bottle conditioning it if you like, I like the idea of carbonating just with yeast, I think it has more of a perlescence and a nicer mouthfeel than force carbed.
Maybe rehydrating the yeast before pitching it is the way to go alright, I'll give that a try, I don't normally do it with dry yeasts.
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09-02-2012, 07:14 PM
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New to forum and fermenting Ginger Ale/Sodas, so could someone tell me what is "Rehydrating" yeast-v-dissolving in water?
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09-02-2012, 07:18 PM
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Sorry, double post
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09-02-2012, 08:13 PM
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rehydrating yeast = dissolving in water. I usually let it sit around for a couple of hours at room temps, but essentially it is the same thing
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09-02-2012, 11:43 PM
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ive heard people having problems with that before. maybe you should just force carb it in a keg than bottle it if you cant get it to work with the yeast, atleast you will save throwing it out lol
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09-06-2012, 12:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IXIboneheadIXI
ive heard people having problems with that before. maybe you should just force carb it in a keg than bottle it if you cant get it to work with the yeast, atleast you will save throwing it out lol
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The post is almost three years old 
The lemonade is long gone. |
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09-07-2012, 04:13 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EoinMag
The post is almost three years old
The lemonade is long gone. |
well make some more!
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