jturie
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Love recipes that "think outside the box". Definitely on my near term brew list for those summer days at the pool.
SD-SLIM said:It's best to brew it now and have it ready for that first hot day!
I made this recipe and it has been in the primary for 8 days. Should I put the limeade in the primary or secondary? Also, I could not find those hops so I use an equal amount of halertauer hops instead. Hope it comes out good. I will try to find those hops and will likely make another batch.
fishfoolz said:Thanks guys, you answered my questions. Where can I find the hops used in this beer? I am definitely making this beer many times in the future, so if I can get the ingredients I will stock up on them. You can't buy these hops in Alaska. Is it too late to add the limeade? I also can't find it up here, but will continue to look.
SD-SLIM said:Someone on this thread was in Alaska and found it all...but if not just do a google search for the ingredients and get them online.
Will frozen limeade work as well? That is all I can find and I called every grocery store up here. They have every kind of freakin "simply" juice you can think of, except the limeade!
rideincircles said:I bottled mine just shy of 3 weeks last night. Too much going on this week to wait around for it.
Lime Lime Lime. It's very prevalent. I ended up going from 1.054-1.008 with Wyeast 3068. I took an extra sample when bottling last night that cost me topping off the last bottle. No worries, this stuff will be great. Perfect spring beer. Now I need to wait a while which will be hard.
This is definitely a recipe to keep around.
mdtwnj said:I couldn't wait for spring/summer to get here so I brewed up the extract version on Saturday. Still strong fermentation, so I'm giving it another day before adding the limeade.
How did everyone calculate the abv? I took an OG, but the addition of the limeade will throw the OG - FG calculation off.
I just tried this beer tonight. Pretty good, however I am not getting the lemon/lime taste. I get the banana and clove from the yeast, and the beer tastes good. It's like a regular hefe. Having said all of that, I did not use the correct hops which I think would have given it more citrus flavor. Also, I did not use the right limeade, I used concentrate. I am making this one again when I get the correct ingredients for sure. Another point to mention is that I used the extract recipe and added the pound of Vienna malt to steep. This added a little more fermentable sugars which did raise the ABV a little, I ended up at about 6%.
razorbuck said:I brewed this for my first try at kegging and it was gone 8 days after I kegged it. I brewed it one time last year and wasn't incredibly impressed right off the bat(I made it hoppier and used an american ale yeast). I decided to make it again and actually follow the recipe and it was incredible! MUST FOLLOW RECIPE!
Brewskii said:Whereas I'm not familiar with is Perticular strain, high fern temps will yeild banana esters in wheat beer strains, whereas cooler temps offer more spice and clove.
My first guess is that you fermented it on the warm side.
My lemon lime hefe is gurgling away...uh pretty erratically and explosively. I don't have the headspace to contain completely but I think if I babysit it should be alright. Problem is I haven't added the limeade yet and the carboy will be full when it is added. While I'm waiting for it to calm down, I have a few questions.
How big of a reaction do you get when simply limeade is added?
I'm thinking about siphoning off some beer before adding the limeade. Can I add it back if I put it in the fridge? I could boil it down and then add it back. I don't have any idea what that would do to the taste.
Thoughts?
I got a reaction similar to the initial fermentation activity after I added the Limeade.
As far as your other questions, I've never done anything like that before. If you don't have the headspace to add the Limeade, I'd probably just end up siphoning it off and probably dumping it. I know it would be hard to do, but I'm not sure what else you could do. Maybe someone else has some ideas?
Good luck!
EDIT: How much beer are we talking about? In my previous statement I was imagining only a beer or two out of a 5gal batch... But if it's more than that (like a gallon) you could siphon it to a sanitized 1 gallon carboy and let it finish out there.
dwall said:My lemon lime hefe is gurgling away...uh pretty erratically and explosively. I don't have the headspace to contain completely but I think if I babysit it should be alright. Problem is I haven't added the limeade yet and the carboy will be full when it is added. While I'm waiting for it to calm down, I have a few questions.
How big of a reaction do you get when simply limeade is added?
I'm thinking about siphoning off some beer before adding the limeade. Can I add it back if I put it in the fridge? I could boil it down and then add it back. I don't have any idea what that would do to the taste.
Thoughts?
My lemon lime hefe is gurgling away...uh pretty erratically and explosively. I don't have the headspace to contain completely but I think if I babysit it should be alright. Problem is I haven't added the limeade yet and the carboy will be full when it is added. While I'm waiting for it to calm down, I have a few questions.
How big of a reaction do you get when simply limeade is added?
I'm thinking about siphoning off some beer before adding the limeade. Can I add it back if I put it in the fridge? I could boil it down and then add it back. I don't have any idea what that would do to the taste.
Thoughts?
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