alpine2001
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hi , i as said im relatively new to home brewing, ive made some pretty decent beer and some good wine , but all from kits bought in the store. so as i was mixing up my latest batch of red wine i was having a drink of vodka and lemonade, and it occurred to me i should be able to make a batch of hard lemonade (like mikes hard lemonade) using a fairly similar process that i was using to make wine. SO I FOUND THIS SITE IN MY search of the net, i checked out a couple recipes, i was hoping someone might provide a somewhat simple recipe for me. i figured just making a batch of lemonade and adding yeast would work, i thought that i could check the starting gravity would provide me with a idea of the finished alcohool content , i never thought i would have to add sugar/dextrose, but now i see i may have to, i thought there would have been enough sugar in the regular lemonade concentrate mix. and i never thought to add malt extract,because i do not really want a beer/malt tasting drink ,is it possible to make it without the malt extract? so it appears i do need some help.i do want it carbonated like mikes, so i guess i do have to prime the bottle before bottling but im a bit worried about exploding bottles. i see there seems to be quite a few knowlegable folks on here, so im hoping for some help. i hope my questions dont seem to stupid, any help would be greatly appreaciated