Lemon Brew

Source: Niel Knudsen
Recipe added: 10/13/97
Email: slydog@tiac.net

This is NOT Beer. It is a quick and easy lemon flavored brew. It is a more like a wine cooler than a beer. It is very tasty and very refreshing on a hot summer day. I make it for my wife and friends and it has become a "must have" for parties.

Specifics

Recipe type: Extract
Batch Size: 5 gallon
Starting Gravity: 1.045
Finishing Gravity: ???
Time in Boil: 5min
Primary Fermentation: 7 days
Secondary Fermentation: 4 days
Additional Fermentation: none

Ingredients:

2 lbs malt extract (any kind)
2 lbs honey
2 lbs corn sugar
6 cans frozen lemonade
any yeast

Procedure:

Bring 1.5 gallons of water to a boil. Add malt, honey and sugar. Boil for 5 minutes. Chill and pitch yeast. Let ferment for a week or so. Add 6 cans lemonade frozen concentrate (or 4 cans lemonade, 2 cans limeade) to secondary and rack primary to secondary. Let sit for 3 or 4 days. Keg and force carbonate.

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