Saturday, April 9, 2016

From lemon and mint experiments to an Orange Juice success

I have been trying 1 quart variations for awhile.  Back in November of 2015 I bought myself a one gallon carboy from a local home brew store.  I am now setting out to document my recipes to start learning the art of keifer fermentation.

Simply Orange

8 cups of Strained keifer
4 cups simply OJ
4 cups water
1.5 cups regular sugar (white)

Going into the carboy ABV potential was 7%

I let this ferment maybe 3 weeks.  Since i really do not know what I was doing i was afraid to let fermentation stop outright so i bottle prematurely.

The way I bottle to be consistent is I added 1 tsp of sugar to each bottle and filled up.  I also added between 1/4 and 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract to some bottles for a nice variation in flavor.

Let the bottles sit for a week and began to enjoy.

The Fizzy OJ was a success.  Balanced flavor and the bottles with vanilla made for a nice Orange Creme.


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