triskelion
Well-Known Member
4 litre batch (1.06 gal)
0.375g wheat lme (13.2 oz)
8g saaz 60 min (0.25 oz)
6g saaz 30 min (0.22 oz)
3g saaz 5 min (0.1 oz)
1.5 lemons juice and zest
110ml table sugar (3.72 fl oz)
1/4 packet wyeast 3333 (used the rest for 3 other small batches), no starter.
pitched at 28oC (82oF)
fermented at 18oC (64oF) for 2 weeks
bottled (500ml (16.9 fl oz))
lemon juice, zest and sugar were boiled in a small amount of water and added just before bottling. I allowed it about 3 days to carbonate, i put the bottles in the fridge once they had gone rock hard (plastic bottles are probably a necessity for experiments like this.
finished at 1.010 before i added the lemon and sugar.
drank after 2 weeks conditioning. It tastes like slightly sweet but very good lemonade, good zest flavour. all of the hops and most of the malt taste is masked unfortunately. Highly carbonated but doesn't gush out. I should have just made a lemonade for what i ended up with, although it was good.
Balancing malt, hop and lemon is not easy, I may re visit this experiment.
0.375g wheat lme (13.2 oz)
8g saaz 60 min (0.25 oz)
6g saaz 30 min (0.22 oz)
3g saaz 5 min (0.1 oz)
1.5 lemons juice and zest
110ml table sugar (3.72 fl oz)
1/4 packet wyeast 3333 (used the rest for 3 other small batches), no starter.
pitched at 28oC (82oF)
fermented at 18oC (64oF) for 2 weeks
bottled (500ml (16.9 fl oz))
lemon juice, zest and sugar were boiled in a small amount of water and added just before bottling. I allowed it about 3 days to carbonate, i put the bottles in the fridge once they had gone rock hard (plastic bottles are probably a necessity for experiments like this.
finished at 1.010 before i added the lemon and sugar.
drank after 2 weeks conditioning. It tastes like slightly sweet but very good lemonade, good zest flavour. all of the hops and most of the malt taste is masked unfortunately. Highly carbonated but doesn't gush out. I should have just made a lemonade for what i ended up with, although it was good.
Balancing malt, hop and lemon is not easy, I may re visit this experiment.
