skeeter pee

[izzi wizzi]

Hi,
just joined the forum a few weeks ago and was very nervous making my first batch of WOW. However in the last two weeks I have started off another batch of WOW using pineapple juice, a batch of rhubarb wine and I've just started off the Lowicz raspberry. This site should carry a warning that wine making is addictive. Anyway question is has anyone made the skeeter pee that I've been noticing on some other sites, it's made with 3 bottles of pure lemon juice etc.? It seems straightforward and I'm sticking to the easy ones for now. Thanks again.

 

[Laurin]

I haven't done Skeeter Pee but I did a hard lemonade before. Have a look at this topic viewtopic.php?f=39&t=22610

 

[izzi wizzi]

Thanks Laurin, checked out the topic you mentioned and it looks as though skeeter pee might not be as easy as I thought. My house is quite cold and I don't want to have problems with the yeast not fermenting. I haven't bought the lemon juice yet so I might just check and see how many fruit tea bags I have in the cupboard and go with that instead.

 

[Laurin]

Don't worry too much about the temperature I just made some cranberry champagne with champagne yeast which would also be suitable for lemonade and it ferments fine in room which is about 16C - 18C.
Just make a 1 gallon batch and see how it turns out. Its all about experimenting.

 

[izzi wizzi]

Cheers Laurin, will do, you are very encouraging, thanks.

 

[Laurin]

I only started brewing about 2-3 months ago and you just learn so much more by doing it. And even you totally mess up its just a gallon which cost you probably £3 that's about a pint in the pub.
You can also use the yeast from a batch you just bottled and reuse it for your next batch. Have a look around on youtube about reusing yeast and washing it.

 

[Njkellett]

I've done a skeeter pee but having trouble clearing! Any tips from anyone greatly appreciated:-)

 

[Brewtrog]

I've done the hooch mentioned on here before ( viewtopic.php?f=39&t=32867 ), that sounds similar to what you're describing, it was far too sour to drink, but made amazing sorbet, then again I did alter the recipe (tried to double the abv). I tried someone else's hooch to the actual recipe and it was still on the sharp side, but nowhere near as bad as mine.