Lemon vodka
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:43 pmOne of the girls from work has a lemon tree which is producing more lemons than her kids can throw at passing traffic so I now have two shopping bags full.
Has anyone had any success making a lemon vodka?
I did a lime one a few years ago but didn't keep much in the way of notes back then. I know that I juiced them and added some of the skins and I assume some sugar to the wash with some turbo yeast. Surprisingly It turned out nicely with good flavour coming through despite the turbo and I would assume no cuts being made because I hadn't heard of them at that stage. I think that I ran it through some charcoal to reduce the flavour.
I am after recommendations for how many lemons to add to a sugar wash and which yeast to use in what I assume will be a very acidic wash, can bakers yeast handle low pH?
Thanks,
Richard
Has anyone had any success making a lemon vodka?
I did a lime one a few years ago but didn't keep much in the way of notes back then. I know that I juiced them and added some of the skins and I assume some sugar to the wash with some turbo yeast. Surprisingly It turned out nicely with good flavour coming through despite the turbo and I would assume no cuts being made because I hadn't heard of them at that stage. I think that I ran it through some charcoal to reduce the flavour.
I am after recommendations for how many lemons to add to a sugar wash and which yeast to use in what I assume will be a very acidic wash, can bakers yeast handle low pH?
Thanks,
Richard