Lemon Wine (Horrid)

Start Date: 12th July 2001
Bottle Date: 30th September 2001

Ingredients

2kg	Glucose
1 sachet	Safale S-04 yeast
4kg	Lemons, juiced
3g	Yeast Nutrient
4 lemons	zested

Method

Identical method as for lemonade, but left pulp in boiling mixture, and filled to only 16 litres.

While our previous lemonade turned out quite nicely (albeit a little weak), this stuff ended up being horrid. It was bitter and undrinkable. We almost certainly used the wrong yeast, and putting the lemon pulp into the mash was definitely a bad idea.

I suspect using our lemonade receipe but simply filling to a lower capacity will provide much more suitable results.

I'm suspicious of the SG measurements we have recorded for this brew.

Specific Gravity

Date	SG	% Alcohol
2001-07-11	1.053	0.00
2001-07-20	0.992	9.04 (includes bottling sugar)

Tasting Notes

Always Horrid. Horrid after bottling. Horrid after a year. Horrid after three years. Investigating using the stuff as snail and slug killer.

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