I made a small batch of this once before without any problems, only difference is i used a fermentation stopper and fining agents. This time I will make it even more simple and would love to hear any opinions on what I could do differently, keeping within my concept of minimal ingredients.
Ingredients:
2.8 litres lemon concentrate
3kg sugar
17 litres tap water
200ml apple juice
So the plan is to make a starter with 200ml apple juice and a tablespoon of sugar, then next day pour the liquid into the fermenter with half the lemon concentrate/2kg of the sugar and keep it around 25-30*C. Then add some more apple juice/sugar back to the starter, and again pour the liquid in the next day giving a rapid stir to add more oxigen. Will keep the starter's sedement in the fridge as a backup.
After a week or so, depending on how it goes I will add the rest of the lemon and the last kilo of sugar and leave it till it's ready. I know skeeter pee takes a while especially without nutrients and so on so I expect will be about 3 weeks start to finish.
What do you guys think? I've heard a lot of people having problems with skeeter pee because of the acid in the lemon but this is way more than I did on my small batch before and that worked fine so I feel hopeful.
Any opinions, positive or criticism are very welcome
Ingredients:
2.8 litres lemon concentrate
3kg sugar
17 litres tap water
200ml apple juice
So the plan is to make a starter with 200ml apple juice and a tablespoon of sugar, then next day pour the liquid into the fermenter with half the lemon concentrate/2kg of the sugar and keep it around 25-30*C. Then add some more apple juice/sugar back to the starter, and again pour the liquid in the next day giving a rapid stir to add more oxigen. Will keep the starter's sedement in the fridge as a backup.
After a week or so, depending on how it goes I will add the rest of the lemon and the last kilo of sugar and leave it till it's ready. I know skeeter pee takes a while especially without nutrients and so on so I expect will be about 3 weeks start to finish.
What do you guys think? I've heard a lot of people having problems with skeeter pee because of the acid in the lemon but this is way more than I did on my small batch before and that worked fine so I feel hopeful.
Any opinions, positive or criticism are very welcome