Lemonade brew?

[james_m_r]

Without wanting to be laughed off the forum, I pose to you the following question:

Could I not throw some lemonade, sugar, maybe a few squirts of Jif and some yeast into a carboy to produce a lemon tasting alchoholic drink?

The reason I ask this is I would like to brew something the wife would enjoy so she too can experience the joys of home brewing but the trouble is she only drinks alcho-pops & Martini Asti.
I would also no doubt enjoy the experiment.

What are your thoughts on this?

[Reaper]

Theres a recipe for Smirnoff Ice flying around somewhere on the forum. Been there done that

Paul

Just Found It:
5lt water
3 Lemons
500ml Lemon juice
1kg Sugar
Yeast

http://www.yobrew.co.uk//drinks.php

[james_m_r]

Cheers Reaper, DaaB.

I must have read every post in "other brews" now but was curious to know if you could use a fizzy lemonade drink to brew with.

One way or the other I will be giving this a go at the weekend.

[drsmurto]

G'day James

When you brew your lemonade could you post the recipe and keep us updated? I am keen on branching out beyond beer and my ginger beer (which i personally think is the bees knees).

Cheers
DrSmurto

[maxashton]

If you're going to ferment lemonade, try using champagne yeast.

[james_m_r]

G'day James

When you brew your lemonade could you post the recipe and keep us updated? I am keen on branching out beyond beer and my ginger beer (which i personally think is the bees knees).

Cheers
DrSmurto

Good evening DrSmurto

I wasn't going to post the recipe for fear of being black balled from the forum, but seeing as you have requested it I will.

Cheers
James

[james_m_r]

If you're going to ferment lemonade, try using champagne yeast.

I only have youngs beer yeast in stock. Will this not do the job?

[steve_flack]

Doesn't lemonade have a preservative?

[james_m_r]

I think so. Will this effect fermentation in some way?

[steve_flack]

The point of the preservative is to stop infections...like with yeast.

In the end though, lemonade is just carbonated sugar solution with lemon flavouring. Why not use sugar in water?

[james_m_r]

Well you have answered my question then, dont use lemonade.
I think I will have a go at the recipe Reaper kindly dug out.

Let me just reiterate that this brew is not for me!

[maxashton]

My wife's lemonade recipe:

juice of 7 lemons
250 ml sugar

boil five or six lemon rinds, yellow down, in a saucepan with the sugar for couple of minutes.

pitch into lemon juice which is conveniently located in a jug, top up to taste (usually about 1.5 - 2l), and serve on ice.

I have one for cream soda too, if anyone's interested.

[Queeg 500]

[quote="Reaper"]
http://www.yobrew.co.uk//drinks.php[/quote

the 1st drink I ever made was the "The Experimental Zone" alcopops on yobrew as an experiment, all I can say is LEAVE IT ALONE...
I now have 5 demijohns, 3 * 40 pint barrels and 2 fermenting buckets and I find that I need more, and more AND MORE.... mind you, it is good fun

[james_m_r]

Due to broken demijohn (I only had one) this brew has now been re-scheduled for 30/06/07.

[johnmac]

5lt water
3 Lemons
500ml Lemon juice
1kg Sugar
Yeast

Regarding Reaper's recipe, what sort of %alc will that give?

Isn't that an awful lot of lemon juice?

Does it ferment out dry and therefore require some added sweetener?