Skeeter Pee

[Texconsinite]

I've never had a problem with sulphur taste/smell in finished skeeter pee. I stir with a big spoon when I first make wort, when dump in starter, add nutrients or add sulphites. Giving it time to clarify should help, never heard of putting copper in it.

May stink during process, but have faith, it'll taste good when it's done


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[PackerfaninSanDiego]

SP is bubblying away 8 hours after I pitched the yeast. Recipe says to check the gravity periodically. Every 24hours? Approximately, how long will it take to get to 1.050?

 

[Arpolis]

SP is bubblying away 8 hours after I pitched the yeast. Recipe says to check the gravity periodically. Every 24hours? Approximately, how long will it take to get to 1.050?

Depending on the yeast, temps and how much you aerate/degas it can take from 3-7 days. For a few situations it may be sooner.

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

crap.I forgot to degas......now what?

 

[Arpolis]

It is dead! Ruined! Forever to not be saved!!! The stuff is super toxic and takes an experienced licenses professional to dispose of this waste. After fermentation stops completely just send the whole batch to me and I will take care of it at no cost for your trouble...

Lol it is fine most likely. The SP instructions are made to overkill how well you take care of the yeast to make sure they do not stall. Just degas now and more twice daily if above the 1/3rd sugar break. It will be fine.

 

[trainman66]

crap.I forgot to degas......now what?

Just make sure you degas it before you put in remaining nutrient and energizer or else you have a skeeter pee volcano like I did the first time.


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[PackerfaninSanDiego]

took first reading and it is 1.024, so I put in the remaining nutrient and bottle of lemon juice, then I gave it a swirl. I seem to be going back and forth with the recipe. Should have done things first, but they did get done. I guess this weekend I can rack to my carboy and wait for it to get to .0998-.0995. All sound good?

 

[trainman66]

took first reading and it is 1.024, so I put in the remaining nutrient and bottle of lemon juice, then I gave it a swirl. I seem to be going back and forth with the recipe. Should have done things first, but they did get done. I guess this weekend I can rack to my carboy and wait for it to get to .0998-.0995. All sound good?

I would just let it finish in whatever you have it in then put in a Carboy after just to clear and get off the trub.



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[detlion1643]

I did a reading on mine tonight, 1.010, almost there! Just straight lemon and no other flavors for the first attempt. It smells so good! Gonna be somewhere from 10-12%. I think for my next batch I'll cut the sugar in half to get about 5-6%. Should be awesome for those hot days coming up when working outside without getting blitzed!

 

[Oldchevytruck61]

I was thinking about making this recipe but my question is. Are the kmeta and sorbate absolutely necessary or could you make this without it?
Thanks for any replies


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[HBngNOK]

I was thinking about making this recipe but my question is. Are the kmeta and sorbate absolutely necessary or could you make this without it?
Thanks for any replies


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Certainly. It will ferment dry, and if that's where you like it, you're done. If sweetened with to taste with natural sweeteners, the sugars will add food, and the yeast will start eating and passing gas again. If bottled while the yeast is active there would be a big risk for bottle bombs, hence the sorbate to inhibit the yeast's growth. Alternatives to using sorbate would be to use artificial sweeteners; or to pasteurize the naturally sweetened pee, which would kill the active yeast. (For details on pasteurization, see the thread(s) in the cider forum.)

 

[Oldchevytruck61]

Thanks for the reply. I use Splenda for my wines and it seems to work good so I will probably just do that.


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[Texconsinite]

Yes, the kmeta and sorbate prevent renewed fermentation. Without them, the yeast would start up again when you backsweeten, and u get bottle bombs


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[ajohnson153]

I bought the stuff to make this last night. I plan on making it soon. I'm using 4 bottles of lemon juice to make it extra tart. I also plan to bottle carb and pasteurize. I used this method on a caramel apple hard cider and it worked well. I am also using fresh rehydrated yeast instead of a slurry. I'm going with two packets just for the extra cell count. Hopefully this will come out tasting more like lemonade instead of wine.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

I bought the stuff to make this last night. I plan on making it soon. I'm using 4 bottles of lemon juice to make it extra tart. I also plan to bottle carb and pasteurize. I used this method on a caramel apple hard cider and it worked well. I am also using fresh rehydrated yeast instead of a slurry. I'm going with two packets just for the extra cell count. Hopefully this will come out tasting more like lemonade instead of wine.

Careful, without backsweetening this stuff comes out dry as *Game of Thrones Spoiler alert* my eyes when Joffrey died.

 

[ajohnson153]

Careful, without backsweetening this stuff comes out dry as *Game of Thrones Spoiler alert* my eyes when Joffrey died.

I'm going to backsweeten according to recipe. I'll bottle carb then pasteurize. No worries, I am fully caught up on GOT. I loved watching that little turd choke.

 

[ajohnson153]

So, a quick question. If I plan to bottle carb and stovetop pasteurize the batch, do I omit both the Kmeta and Sorbate? I am pretty sure those two chemicals mixed together are what kill the remaining yeast. I just want to be 100% sure.

 

[poptarts]

yes

 

[ajohnson153]

yes

Thanks Poptarts. That was very brief, but helpful.

 

[Cottonmouth]

I just finished my 2nd batch of skeeter pee and it's just too acidic for me. I thought I had a cast iron gut but I can't drink a half a pint without getting serious heartburn. I've been mixing it half and half with apfelwein and it makes a helluva nice cider drink.

 

[goaliemanpat]

Anyone know how long SP can sit in the fermenter and still be good? Long story short is I make it up for my wife and her friends. I made a batch back in December but unfortunately my wife had a medical issue which prevented her from having alcohol then as well. Now she can and is asking for some SP. It basically has fermented dry and sat since then as I havnt sweetened yet. It passes the eye test but just looking on some advice as to whether it should still be ok or if I should scrap it and start fresh.

 

[ajohnson153]

Anyone know how long SP can sit in the fermenter and still be good? Long story short is I make it up for my wife and her friends. I made a batch back in December but unfortunately my wife had a medical issue which prevented her from having alcohol then as well. Now she can and is asking for some SP. It basically has fermented dry and sat since then as I havnt sweetened yet. It passes the eye test but just looking on some advice as to whether it should still be ok or if I should scrap it and start fresh.

If it looks alright I would sweeten and taste a sample to see if it tastes off. There is nothing in it that will hurt you, so if it tastes alright drink it.

 

[Arpolis]

Anyone know how long SP can sit in the fermenter and still be good? Long story short is I make it up for my wife and her friends. I made a batch back in December but unfortunately my wife had a medical issue which prevented her from having alcohol then as well. Now she can and is asking for some SP. It basically has fermented dry and sat since then as I havnt sweetened yet. It passes the eye test but just looking on some advice as to whether it should still be ok or if I should scrap it and start fresh.

If it sat on lees then depending on the type of yeast used there may be some autolysis action happening causing off flavors. But then again there may be no autolysis at all and it be fine. Best bet is to taste it and see if you like it.

 

[goaliemanpat]

We gave it a taste tonight and SWMBO said it probably was the best tasting pre-sweetened batch we have made. Looks like I got worried for nothing. Sweetened it up will keg next weekend. Might need to let it sit more than usual if the wife really likes this bath.

 

[LoneTreeFarms]

I made a batch in January and just bottled it last weekend, you should be good. when you keg a batch do you usually serve it like beer at 10psi or much higher like soda??

just got a couple kegs and looking at doing this.

thanks

 

[Black Island Brewer]

I just finished my 2nd batch of skeeter pee and it's just too acidic for me. I thought I had a cast iron gut but I can't drink a half a pint without getting serious heartburn. I've been mixing it half and half with apfelwein and it makes a helluva nice cider drink.

A group of us get together monthly for dinner and movie, with the dinner being based on the movie. Last month was a German film,.do a German dinner. We made ersatz Radlers by mixing a Blonde made with German malts and hops with skeeter pee. It was quite tasty!

 

[justineaton]

The recipe says to check periodically and when it gets to about 1.050 add the rest of the lemon juice, yeast nutrient and yeast energizer. Unfortunately I broke my hydrometer earlier this week when I knocked it off the counter. Can someone tell me if that gravity is usually right after the strong rapid bubble fermentation starts to slow, or earlier or later? Is there a good way to guess it or should I run out and replace my broken hydrometer?

 

[justineaton]

I'm also curious about the psi f for keeging. I will probably bottle it anyway but who knows.

 

[justineaton]

And one other question, when I last went into my lhbs they were out of tannin and I forgot until after I had already started this batch, is it ok to add it with the last bottle of lemon and other stuff?

 

[Texconsinite]

And one other question, when I last went into my lhbs they were out of tannin and I forgot until after I had already started this batch, is it ok to add it with the last bottle of lemon and other stuff?

I think I have forgotten tannin in a few of my batches, and it turned out fine. Not a very scientific answer, but im saying it probably wont ruin it if you add later. SP is pretty hard to screw up.