Lemon Hooch

[irigg]

my attemp at recreating this
1.5 lts of supermarket double lemon strengh squash(boiled for 25 mins to remove the nasties)
3 chopped lemons added to the boiling mix plus 500grm sugar
yeast and nutrient

bubbling away nicely now will let you know results

[frozenthunderbolt]

I'll be interested to see how this turns out :"-)

[Carltonian Man]

I’ve made a few batches using pink grapefruit juice. It retains that lovely citrus zing but loses its sour zap. Be interested to hear how the lemon turns out irigg.

[contadina]

Not proper home brewing, but add a splash of either gin or vodka to some homemade lemon squash and you've got a really tasty and convincing hooch.

[irigg]

still bubbling away nicely and has a lovely lemon aroma everytime i walk thru the utility room can't wait for this to finish when i'm going to bottle and prime for a refreshing summer drink

[irigg]

I had a little taster of this the other night and i am very pleased it has turned out just like the lemon hooch you can get in cans at the pub.
A job well done and will defo be making again when i can pick up some cheap lemons

[Timbo77]

1st post for me on here

How much water did you add? Did you just top up to make a gallon?
I like the idea of this one, I've made a similar one from ribena, yummy!

Cheers!
Tim

[irigg]

yes i topped to 1 gallon after intial rapid fermentation
i would also cut the sugar down by half in the next one i make it was a little to strong lol

[Timbo77]

Cheers for that! I'll note that down.
Lemon hooch takes me back to the days when I used to mix it with beer to make a (ahem) shandy!
Cheap night out.....

Popped out today for May flower and Gorse (fingers like pin cushions!!)

Let you know how they turn out.
Thanks again for the speedy reply
Tim

[Zech]

I made some of this by mistake, when I was trying to make gorse flower wine. OK, probably not quite the taste you're after, but there was no detectable gorse flavour!

[Timbo77]

Right then, the lemon hooch has been bubbling away for the past 5-6 weeks and has now slowed down to about 2 bubbles a minute through the air lock. As I am off on my jollys tomorrow I'd like to take a 'sample' with me, do you think it will be safe to siphon some off into a 1 litre plastic bottle or will it be disaster in the 240 mile trip to cornwall? (kaboom!)

[MKG]

That'll be fine - PET bottles can take a lot of pressure. Howewer, just remember every now and again to release the pressure by loosening the cap.

Mike

[sarahkeast]

Tim it should be fine, I put mine in plastic bottle and took to beach. Still tasted a bit yeasty so going to leave it in bottle, releasing lid now and then, for a few more weeks.

Need to decide what to put in empty dj now. More lemonade maybe!!!

[Timbo77]

Thankyou! I was hoping for that kind of answer I even have a cooler box waiting for the trip the beach
An idea Sarah, more 'lemonade'! I couldn't resist dunking the straw in the dj every so often just to 'test' if it wasn't poisonous

[Timbo77]

Good lord!! I seem to have mislaid half a litre of the hooch whilst siphoning it, wonder where it's gone?