Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

db1979 wrote:

Sam. wrote:I don't think the heating would be an issue if you could manage to do it without aerating it too much, but the more vessels you use after fermentation the more likely you are to get an infection.

Heating will cause less gas to be dissolved, so any CO2 that is dissolved will come out. No problem since you're carbonating with gas anyway. So no issue with over aerating since the opposite will happen.

If you used a different yeast then it's pretty much the same as making ginger beer isn't it? Ferment until the right level of sweetness and then refrigerate and you're done. I've never done it before though.

The aeration was more about the transfer of vessels :-B

I don't think I will be going down the heating path...

TasSpirits wrote:

Azza76 wrote:

copperhead road wrote:Sorry for being a dumb newbie but is this thread about "alcoholic lemonade" :think:
I'm sure it is but thought no harm in asking in case in wrong. Heard of alcoholic ginger beer but never lemonade

Me either mate your not alone lol

Check the bottle shop Guys, of course you can get Hard Lemonade. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Yep, it aint for the kids, most of out lemonade in the past is over the 5% mark and natural apple cider can bump 7.5% :scared-eek:

Can you cultivate yeat off lemons like when making a ginger bug? Might be a way to get lower proof..

wild yeast isn't my thing :puke-huge:

I find filtration to be the best for stopping cider or other ferments. Two corny kegs plumbed together with a cartridge filter in between. The liquid is then pushed through using Co2 pressure.
I find 0.5 - 1 micron yields brilliant clarity results and doesn't effect flavor! 0.2 micron is sterile but unnecessary I have found.

Cheers,
Mud :D

mudsta wrote:I find filtration to be the best for stopping cider or other ferments. Two corny kegs plumbed together with a cartridge filter in between. The liquid is then pushed through using Co2 pressure.
I find 0.5 - 1 micron yields brilliant clarity results and doesn't effect flavor! 0.2 micron is sterile but unnecessary I have found.

Cheers,
Mud :D

You know I don't have that here ;-)

I did close to what I did last time, I'm almost surprised no-one has thought of it :D

Bottle and refrigerate, drink when thirsty?

Plumby wrote:Bottle and refrigerate, drink when thirsty?

It's kegged, bottling would be a nightmare to carbonate when you stop the ferment short ;-)

Sam. wrote:

Plumby wrote:Bottle and refrigerate, drink when thirsty?

It's kegged, bottling would be a nightmare to carbonate when you stop the ferment short ;-)

Yes I did this with home made stout ( of all things ) read my hydrometer wrong probably because I was 3/4 full of idiot juice at the time :laughing-rolling: bottled it up and put it in the laundry cupboard.
Well 3 weeks later I come home from work to find the laundry floor covered in sticky black liquid. Yep 23 glass tallies had exploded luckily I cleaned it up b4 the missus got home, I never told her because I knew I would get these ones for days :violence-smack: :teasing-blah: :teasing-blah: :violence-smack: :violence-smack:

Standard method is to use Potassium sorbate when it is at the required gravity ie not fermented dry.
That stops the yeast devouring any remaining sugars and retains a sweetness

Teddysad wrote:Standard method is to use Potassium sorbate when it is at the required gravity ie not fermented dry.
That stops the yeast devouring any remaining sugars and retains a sweetness

At what rate would this need to be added to stop an active ferment? And does it leave a residual taste?

1/2 a teaspoon per 5 litres is plenty and no, no taste residue

I will give it a try next time :handgestures-thumbupleft: