HoboBrewing
Well-Known Member
I followed yoopers recipe here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f79/hard-lemonade-68144/
Many people have told me I shouldn't put lemonade into secondary, but it's a little late for that (I was following the recipe's procedure). I put it in secondary once the SG hit about 1.030. It is about 1.010 now after about 1.5 weeks in secondary and it still has a yeasty taste to it. I have been told this means that there is still a good amount of yeast in suspension, but I am not sure what the best way to handle this is. Should I just start bottling and hope the back sweetening covers the yeasty taste up? Or should I leave it in secondary for more time? Or are there other steps I can take to alleviate this problem?
OG =1.100 (much higher than I would have liked )
Current SG = 1.010
Lemonade still seems pretty bubbly/carbonated when taking readings, so I usually have to wait til the bubbles die down to get an accurate reading.
TLDR:
Lemonade has yeasty taste after 1.5 weeks in secondary. What should I do?
Many people have told me I shouldn't put lemonade into secondary, but it's a little late for that (I was following the recipe's procedure). I put it in secondary once the SG hit about 1.030. It is about 1.010 now after about 1.5 weeks in secondary and it still has a yeasty taste to it. I have been told this means that there is still a good amount of yeast in suspension, but I am not sure what the best way to handle this is. Should I just start bottling and hope the back sweetening covers the yeasty taste up? Or should I leave it in secondary for more time? Or are there other steps I can take to alleviate this problem?
OG =1.100 (much higher than I would have liked )
Current SG = 1.010
Lemonade still seems pretty bubbly/carbonated when taking readings, so I usually have to wait til the bubbles die down to get an accurate reading.
TLDR:
Lemonade has yeasty taste after 1.5 weeks in secondary. What should I do?