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so im thinking, im nearly out of Hard Lemo, need to get something underway for spring time.
everyone likes to try the Hard lemonade, few stay the course because its very bitter.............and strong enough to pull a child back from social services.
so i thinks.............(lightbulbmoment) lets make it sweeter, then i thought when you had a sore thorat as a kid.....Honey & Lemon !!
off we set
2ltrs of lemon juice
6kg of sugar
4 x 458gm jars of honey
1ltr of cranberry juice for colour
2 big mugs of black tea
citric acid
youngs super yeast
youngs yeast nutrient
simmer the lemon juice in a pan to remove the preservatives, i left it for 25-30mins and then let it cool for an hour. it was still warm after that
add the 6kg of sugar to the FV, add lemon juice and 2ltrs of hot boiled water and stir it well for about 15mins........ i bent the spoon doing this, but that was prob due to the hot water.
after it was stired i added the cranberry juice, this is just for personal taste to give some colour and so its a bit more pleasing to the eye.
keep stirring, until you think all the sugar has dissolved, then stir some more, cos it aint.
add the honey, warm it up if you like. i just poured mine in and rinsed the jars with hot water and added that to the FV.
add the citric acid and 2 mugs of black strong tea
top up to the required level, i made 25ltrs
i had a little taste and WOW, its very nice very easy on the throat, you can taste the sweetness of the Honey {ok, theres a few kg of sugar in there also} and the bitterness of the Lemons.
i use youngs super yeast, 1 big spoon per gal, so about half a tin.
add the yeast to a culture with a bit of nutrient and sugar.
add the yeast nutreient to the Fv, add the yeast culture after 15mins or so
leave it the hell alone for 3-4 weeks
I plan to rack it off to a clean FV for another 3 weeks, then bottle it for spring.
when i get to bottle it ill add another 458gm jar of honey and some sugar to it just before.
some pics
tesco lemon juice
nasty horrible stuff that needs to be got rid off
it lives...............hahahaha
all i could find in the fridge, scuppered the kids breakfast no doubt
6kg sugar, 2ltr lemon juice, moves like mortar
a couple of pints of boiling H20 and its better
sugar from my honey
blurb
cranberry and honey in
some others, i have on the go
the youngs FV is 25ltrs of base spirt soon to be vodka, the DJ is my tesco turbo cidre with no added sugar, the coopers FV at the back is 23ltrs of tesco turbo cider with sugar as in my other post
everyone likes to try the Hard lemonade, few stay the course because its very bitter.............and strong enough to pull a child back from social services.
so i thinks.............(lightbulbmoment) lets make it sweeter, then i thought when you had a sore thorat as a kid.....Honey & Lemon !!
off we set
2ltrs of lemon juice
6kg of sugar
4 x 458gm jars of honey
1ltr of cranberry juice for colour
2 big mugs of black tea
citric acid
youngs super yeast
youngs yeast nutrient
simmer the lemon juice in a pan to remove the preservatives, i left it for 25-30mins and then let it cool for an hour. it was still warm after that
add the 6kg of sugar to the FV, add lemon juice and 2ltrs of hot boiled water and stir it well for about 15mins........ i bent the spoon doing this, but that was prob due to the hot water.
after it was stired i added the cranberry juice, this is just for personal taste to give some colour and so its a bit more pleasing to the eye.
keep stirring, until you think all the sugar has dissolved, then stir some more, cos it aint.
add the honey, warm it up if you like. i just poured mine in and rinsed the jars with hot water and added that to the FV.
add the citric acid and 2 mugs of black strong tea
top up to the required level, i made 25ltrs
i had a little taste and WOW, its very nice very easy on the throat, you can taste the sweetness of the Honey {ok, theres a few kg of sugar in there also} and the bitterness of the Lemons.
i use youngs super yeast, 1 big spoon per gal, so about half a tin.
add the yeast to a culture with a bit of nutrient and sugar.
add the yeast nutreient to the Fv, add the yeast culture after 15mins or so
leave it the hell alone for 3-4 weeks
I plan to rack it off to a clean FV for another 3 weeks, then bottle it for spring.
when i get to bottle it ill add another 458gm jar of honey and some sugar to it just before.
some pics
tesco lemon juice
nasty horrible stuff that needs to be got rid off
it lives...............hahahaha
all i could find in the fridge, scuppered the kids breakfast no doubt
6kg sugar, 2ltr lemon juice, moves like mortar
a couple of pints of boiling H20 and its better
sugar from my honey
blurb
cranberry and honey in
some others, i have on the go
the youngs FV is 25ltrs of base spirt soon to be vodka, the DJ is my tesco turbo cidre with no added sugar, the coopers FV at the back is 23ltrs of tesco turbo cider with sugar as in my other post
