Call me crazy....lemon lime fermentation?

[andyp]

but what the heck...was feeling adventurous last night.

So I had all this leftover pop (soda for the Americans) and thought...hmmm.

2 litres of carbonated Lemon/Limeade
250g table sugar
1/4 multi-vitamin tablet, crushed
baking soda
pH paper
Lalvin EC-1118 yeast

-Poured the pop into a pot
-Measured pH (around 3.5), used sodium bicarbonate to bring it up to around 5.5
-Added vitamin powder
-Brought to boil and added sugar (to remove CO2) (watch out for fizzing when slowly adding sugar to hot pop).
-Boiled 5 min
-Cooled to around 30C
-Hydrated 1/4 sachet of yeast
-Transferred back into cleaned/sanitized 2L PET bottle
-Pitched yeast
-added blow off tubing to top of bottle

OG: 1.094

Today there is bubbling and activity, though less than I thought I might see. I'm not optimistic for the health of the yeast...I really should have had some more nutrients than what I added...no fats, amino acids etc...though I could have added some diet pop and given them Phenylalanine

We'll see what she's like in a few weeks....

 

[rod]

i would have used yeast nutrient instead of the vitamin but let us know how it works out.
i make a mikes hard lemonade clone that turns out good with canned frozen lemonade and dry malt extract. the yeast nutrient is crucial to get fermentation started.

 

[bradsul]

I have to say, that sounds really disgusting.

 

[rod]

mine or his?

 

[andyp]

mine or his?

Mine, yours sounds ok! Yeah, I don't think this is going to work out very well...

 

[kaptain_karma]

Did the pop have any preservatives in it? That could screw over the yeast.

Also, wow, that's an interesting concoction. Do tell how it turns out.

 

[bradsul]

Ya definitely the pop concoction. I can't imagine what pop would actually taste like if you fermented out a large portion of the sugar - scratch that, I don't think I want to imagine.

 

[andyp]

i would have used yeast nutrient instead of the vitamin but let us know how it works out.

In no way was this worth wasting any money on! I can't imagine this being decent, even if it *did* ferment properly...

 

[Professor Frink]

I think I remember reading about someone fermenting out Coke or Pepsi once. I don't think it turned out too great.

 

[TUCK]

Reminds me of a recipe in the October issue of BYO (just the soda part but I will share the recipe anyway):


2# Pilsner Malt
1#Wheat Malt
10oz Flaked wheat
6oz flaked oats
40 12oz cans of Mountian Dew
5 zested oranges
4 AAU styrian goldings for 45min
Belgian Wit Yeast


Odd concoction I'll say but I am the curious type so I am sure I will be trying soon

 

[z987k]

So I had all this leftover pop (soda for the Americans) and thought...hmmm.

No, it's pop in parts of America also. When people say soda/coke, it makes me think they're about 80.

 

[Liquidsandwich]

Soda is for baking, Pop is for drinking!!

 

[Orfy]

Doesn't boiling drive off the C02 therefore increasing the ph and negating the need to adjust?

 

[andyp]

Not with all that citric / phosphoric acid in there...

Thanks for setting me straight on the soda/pop terminology...I guess I was going on old TV references!

 

[talleymonster]

Reminds me of a recipe in the October issue of BYO (just the soda part but I will share the recipe anyway):


2# Pilsner Malt
1#Wheat Malt
10oz Flaked wheat
6oz flaked oats
40 12oz cans of Mountian Dew
5 zested oranges
4 AAU styrian goldings for 45min
Belgian Wit Yeast


Odd concoction I'll say but I am the curious type so I am sure I will be trying soon

Ditto. This is what I wwas going to tell you about. I'm curious how that would turn out.

 

[andyp]

So I may be crazy, but I'm not the only one?

40 cans of Dew? Imagine opening 40 cans in a row... And Dew in the States has caffeine, right? Wow.

 

[talleymonster]

just do the math and buy a few 2 liter bottles.

 

[andyp]

Well, yeah...my point...why would they suggest opening 40 cans? Weird.

 

[david_42]

Lemon/lime might just be ok. The flavors work without sugar, unlike cola which is vile by itself.

 

[TUCK]

Lemon/lime might just be ok. The flavors work without sugar, unlike cola which is vile by itself.

I agree, maybe even some lemon/lime gatorade powder mixed with 2 litr of water.

I also hate "cola", my wife loves it. Nasty! I mean most things that are flavored taste like SOMTHING (fruits nuts etc.) But what is cola- a rotting agent for your teeth

 

[andyp]

But what is cola- a rotting agent for your teeth

Isn't cola a nut or something?

 

[TUCK]

Isn't cola a nut or something?

Could be, if so those are some nasty nuts

 

[Cheesefood]

Dude made a Mountain Dew beer once, IIRC it was asstastic.

 

[Klainmeister]

What happened to that frat hooch thread, this seems like a good candidate

 

[andyp]

What happened to that frat hooch thread, this seems like a good candidate

Haha. Probably!

Still bubbling away here...a testament to the perseverance of yeast!

 

[andyp]

Still bubbling away....

 

[Jesse17]

Go yeast, go!

Go yeast, go!

 

[DeathBrewer]

So I had all this leftover pop (soda for the Americans) and thought...hmmm.

No, it's pop in parts of America also. When people say soda/coke, it makes me think they're about 80.

i always thought it was a midwest thing. when i moved to california and asked about pop, people thought i was trying to buy drugs

 

[cheezydemon]

I oncer fermented 5 lbs of brown sugar dumped onto an unwashed yeast cake from an imperial stout and topped it up to 3 gallons.

It ended up like a mild dark rum. Not bad for rum, for beer it was gross.

 

[andyp]

What the heck! I'm willing to try and ferment anything once...I'll try that brown sugar trick too..