Im almost ready to knock up a batch of Nuclear Lemon 5ltr the only thing I cant figure out from reading the posts is how much sugar to prime a 5ltr batch using a recipe similar to yours curiousCurious-brew wrote:Drank the last bottle in the fridge tonight... and then found one in the garage. D'oh!
After a couple of experiments with dissolved sugar and artificial sweetener I've come to a couple of conclusions:
- Adding whole lemons contributes to the bitterness (I'm guessing the pith).
- Using some lime juice would add a little complexity.
- Tons of added sweetness is required, either sugar added to the finished product or sweetener at some point.
To this end, for my next batch I am thinking:
1L lemon juice
500ml lime juice
1kg sugar
2.5/3L water
Artificial sweetener to taste
Thoughts?
From memory I think I worked out that I'd been priming my TC with 30ml apple juice. So all I did was multiply 30ml by eight (eight pints of Atomic Lemon in the demijohn) to get 240ml and then dissolved eight teaspoons of sugar in that amount of water and portioned it out amongst the bottles.Dave d wrote:Im almost ready to knock up a batch of Nuclear Lemon 5ltr the only thing I cant figure out from reading the posts is how much sugar to prime a 5ltr batch using a recipe similar to yours curious
