Shandy Attempt

[NocturnalEMT]

All,
I made an attempt at crating a summer session beer, trying to come somewhat close to the ever so popular summer shandy. I currentl have it kegged and carbonating. It turned out pretty good, but it's just way too sweet. Anyone have any ideas how to return the "tart" back into it while it's kegged. Fresh squeezed lemon juice? avoiding the lemon zest because its kegged. I know if it gets some tart back into it, I may have a winner winner here.

 

[NocturnalEMT]

Thanks for the help

 

[tacks]

People dry hop kegs all the time, right? I've only bottled but I would imagine if you can dry hop, you can take lemon zest and put it into a boiled knee-hi or whatever people use to contain the hops when dry hopping kegs. Just a thought.

 

[NocturnalEMT]

^^^this is an interesting comment, I would be curious how to dry hop to get the zest in a short amount of time

 

[NocturnalEMT]

what is a boiled knee-hi

 

[NocturnalEMT]

nevermind, i know what you are saying

 

[unionrdr]

Just use a muslin hop sack for the zest. & maybe a piece of string to keep it from clogging the dip tube.

 

[weirdboy]

Step 1: Brew a batch of beer
Step 2: Make a batch of (sugar-free) lemonade
Step 3: Mix the lemonade into a glass of beer until you find the proportions you like
Step 4: Do that for the entire batch

 

[Weezy]

I use a 3" tea balls for dry hopping and zest additions like this. cheap and they work great.