Full Hard Lemonade recipe

[paulster2626]

I racked mine to the secondary and chilled it down to 40F and the yeast still did not go to sleep. I filled up a gallon jug with what would not fill in the keg. I left it out of the refrigerator over night and was making breakfast and turned around then BAM!!!!!! glass jug exploded and the force knocked over a wine bottle off the counter onto the floor. there was glass on the other side of the room. SWMBO and her friend had just left the room to have coffee on the patio and the cat was up stairs...Lessons learned

I was convinced that racking and chilling down for 10+ days would have been enough. Mine went from 1.100 to 1.012 in a week or so. i was convinced that the yeast would not be able to survive. I was wrong.

I backsweetened the keg with 2 cans of frozen lemonade and added 3 crushed campden tablets (just in case). According to everyone that has tried it it has a nice balance of tart and sweet and not too dry. Starting another batch soon.

You need to keep it cold to prevent the yeast from becoming active again. Once you take it out of the fridge and put it on the counter, they're back to work.

If it's in a keg that is kept cold 24/7, then there's no need to worry.

 

[atli126]

Can you provide the all grain recipe?

 

[sfrisby]

??????

 

[MusicalBrewer]

Can you provide the all grain recipe?

There isn't an all grain recipe for this. You can convert it in Beersmith or a similar program I suppose....but I wouldn't do it. I tried it once (I'm an all grain brewer)...it just added more time and clean up to my day. Most of the taste is from the lemonade. Just buy the pound of extract and be done with it.

 

[insanim8er]

There isn't an all grain recipe for this. You can convert it in Beersmith or a similar program I suppose....but I wouldn't do it. I tried it once (I'm an all grain brewer)...it just added more time and clean up to my day. Most of the taste is from the lemonade. Just buy the pound of extract and be done with it.

Agreed... Not worth the effort to save a few bucks. But I believe it's about .6lb of dry malt extract per lb of grain.

 

[fletchergsmith]

I did an all grain version that worked out alright but mostly because I've got quite a bit if 2 row and only enough extract for a few more starters. The malt doesn't carry over much flavor. I would like to try this with some biscuit malt though it could be nice.


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[insanim8er]

Well I finally racked my first batch to keg yesterday (couldn't find the time and felt it needed to sit anyway to get rid of the sulfur I detected)

That batch will get consumed during the 4th.

So I'm going to start another couple batches since we're going on vacation and other planned events.

I'm doing something different. I'm using http://www.hawaiisown.com/

Guava strawberry with lemonade
And
Pineapple mango with lemonade

 

[MusicalBrewer]

Guava strawberry with lemonade
And
Pineapple mango with lemonade

Sounds fantastic. Let us know how it turns out!

 

[Roscoebrewdog]

Bottled up my batch on Sunday, no sorb ate, very little carbonation so far. Has a lemon wine taste right now, anyone else experienced this or will it change with more carbonation? Thanks

 

[MusicalBrewer]

Bottled up my batch on Sunday, no sorb ate, very little carbonation so far. Has a lemon wine taste right now, anyone else experienced this or will it change with more carbonation? Thanks

That's exactly how I'd describe the flavor when I used Lalvin yeast. Carbonation didn't change it much. Did you use Lalvin? If so then you might want to consider using Nottingham next time. You'll get a cleaner flavor that tastes more like lemonade. I only used Lalvin once and didn't like the wine flavor. I switched to Nottingham and have never looked back.

 

[Roscoebrewdog]

Yeah, I used the lavlin1118. Will have to switch it up next time, also have a lot of sediment in bottom of each bottle, is this normal. It doesn't seem to be settling out very good, but I can avoid it with a slow pour.

 

[MusicalBrewer]

I had a lot of sediment at first too. Now I cold crash for a few days before bottling. It really helps reduce the crud at the bottom of the bottle.

 

[insanim8er]

I kegged mine, put it into the fridge for a day then put gelatin in to fin it. I let it sit for another couple days. Today I'll clean a new keg, add the sorbate/sweetener and rack the, hopefully, clear lemonade over it.

I'll let you know how well the gelatin did. I've had amazing results with it for beer. The beer came out absolutely crystal clear like it had been filtered. I'm not expecting those results, but I'm hoping.

 

[insanim8er]

My panty losing lemonade has finally been racked over the sweetener/sorbate. I used gelatin and it didn't make it crystal clear, but it was pretty clear. I think half of the haE is from the added 2 cans for sweetening (there's also a lot of pulp from them too, but that should drop out in a few days)

I did a raspberry lemonade, so I used two cans of raspberry lemonade with only 4 cups sugar. I can't imagine how sweet any more would be. 4 seemed like plenty.

It's going to be a hit. And it's way better than any mikes lemonade I've had. But with twice the ABV and half the sugar, how can it not be?

I did use 1118, but I don't get any wine notes at all. It's tart and sweet but not excessively. It does have some heat, but I bet a few weeks in a keg, it'll mellow out.

I know I'll be bombarded with requests to keep this stuff around.

 

[richbrew99]

Gonna try this out!!

 

[vNmd]

Started a 5 gal batch last night late. OG: 1.072. Already bubbling when I got up this morning. Will force carb when the time comes. Looking forward to this one.

 

[insanim8er]

I actually think the gelatin did work well. It's actually pretty clean today after having time to settle out the pulp from the back sweetening juice.



It's pretty darn clear... its hard to tell since the cup is cloudy from condensation.

 

[jaydog2314]

I did a raspberry lemonade, so I used two cans of raspberry lemonade with only 4 cups sugar. I can't imagine how sweet any more would be. 4 seemed like plenty.

I was going to ask if the sugar was strictly as a primer or for flavor as well b/c 8 cups seems high but I wasn't sure. I'm going to rack my batch in the next day or two and keg it up for a summer party, can't wait!

 

[TexasWine]

I was going to ask if the sugar was strictly as a primer or for flavor as well b/c 8 cups seems high but I wasn't sure. I'm going to rack my batch in the next day or two and keg it up for a summer party, can't wait!

It's for both priming and flavor. And yeah, 8 cups is a little much for my tastes as well. I used 4 and thought it was perfect.

 

[h22lude]

It came out a little too sweet for me. Is there a way to make it less sweet? Maybe add some more lemonade?

 

[TexasWine]

It came out a little too sweet for me. Is there a way to make it less sweet? Maybe add some more lemonade?

Add less sugar.

 

[h22lude]

Add less sugar.

Haha thanks but adding less sugar after it is already in the lemonade is hard to do.

I'm talking about the stuff already made. I kegged it so I can easily add something to it. My problem was I added the 8 cups to me keg not remembering that was for the 6 gallons so it is sweeter than normal.

 

[TexasWine]

Haha thanks but adding less sugar after it is already in the lemonade is hard to do.

I'm talking about the stuff already made. I kegged it so I can easily add something to it. My problem was I added the 8 cups to me keg not remembering that was for the 6 gallons so it is sweeter than normal.

Ha! Sorry about that.

If you end up adding more lemonade let us know how it turns out.

 

[insanim8er]

It came out a little too sweet for me. Is there a way to make it less sweet? Maybe add some more lemonade?

lemonade will also add sugar, so I doubt that's going to help... dilute it with ice and use less sugar next time?


I finally made the strawberry Guava lemonade. I did 6 strawberry guava and 4 lemonade. I'll back sweeten with either two guava or a guava and a guava strawberry. Depends on how the flavor comes out before sweetening.

I also used a packet and a half of the 1118. The other half will go with another packet for the Pineapple Mango lemonade that I hope to do later tonight.

It started fermentation within hours. First time fermenting in my 10gal corny keg (I wish I had 3 more. I like fermenting in it better than my 14.5 gal conical)... I'm fermenting this one under pressure to see how clean it comes out. The blow off smells pretty damn good.

 

[PRE66_6TART]

It came out a little too sweet for me. Is there a way to make it less sweet? Maybe add some more lemonade?

If only there were some sort of organism that could eat some of that extra sugar...

 

[insanim8er]

If only there were some sort of organism that could eat some of that extra sugar...

Too bad he used potassium sorbate before adding all that sugar in.

 

[PRE66_6TART]

Oh yeah...

Lemonade has lots of sugar, but lemon juice maybe.

Sweetness inhibitors exist, like lactisole, but I don't know much about them.

 

[h22lude]

Maybe I'll try some lemon juice. I'll try to figure out the ratio with just 1 cup of the lemonade so I don't put lemon juice in the batch and mess it up.

 

[h22lude]

The lemon juice worked well. Cut the sweetness down.

 

[insanim8er]

My first keg (raspberry lemonade) is about tapped... This stuff has gotten RAVE reviews from all who have tried it. I never did like Mike's, for obvious reasons, but sometimes I could do one (followed by tons of water lol) But now that i've been drinking this stuff, there's no way I could stomach a mikes. I love how it's sweet as you drink it, but as soon as you stop, it doesn't linger.

Here's a funny story:

My girlfriend played softball for 13 years of her life, so she plays on a couple summer beer leagues. Most of the team is men, and they pretty much all drink PBR--and a lot of it.

Last sunday they played a game, I went to watch since our 2 y/o loves going to the games. I filled two flip top bottles with the Raspberry lemonade, and I brought two Citrus Mistress IPAs (hop valley)

I ended up drinking an IPA and less than half of one of the lemonades. After the game was done, some of the guys were talking about my home brew (we all went camping the weekend before, so they were talking about the stuff I brought in my portable kegerator) I grabbed the semi full bottle of lemonade and handed it to one of the guys.

I told him to try it. I was getting ready for a face of disgust or something, assuming they didn't do "sweet" stuff... His face lit up like a kid on Christmas day. He was like, "Woah! .... That... is GOOOOOD." then he was telling other guys they had to try it.

Three beer guzzling dudes were literally fighting over the bottle. I told them there was another one in the bag, but my girlfriend had drank all of that one, so they told me that I had played the dirtiest trick ever on them. It was quite funny.

Anyway, I just sampled the Guava strawberry lemonade. It's definitely done. I'll be cold crashing it tonight, gelatizing and carbonating tomorrow. It tastes awesome. It's going to be a winner.