gaudet
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Made the beginnings of a hard tea today.
5 1 gallon bags of lipton ice tea
5# white sugar
Water to 5 gallon mark
I boiled 1 gallon of water to make my tea and let the bags steep for 1/2 an hour. I then removed the bags and left them drip into the pot for all the goodness. I then brought the steeped water back to a boil and dissolved a 5# bag of white sugar and about 1 ounce of lemon juice concentrate into it and boiled it for about 10 minutes while stirring the pot. I then poured the tea into my primary and topped it up to 5 gallons with tap water. Stirring well I took a sg reading and I got 1.042, later checked it again and it was 1.044 as it was cooling. I figure that its going to be about 5.25-5.50% abv when done...........
Yeast pitched was a pack of Muntons Ale yeast. It doesn't look like it took to fermenting yet. I will repitch in the morning if there is no action.
5 1 gallon bags of lipton ice tea
5# white sugar
Water to 5 gallon mark
I boiled 1 gallon of water to make my tea and let the bags steep for 1/2 an hour. I then removed the bags and left them drip into the pot for all the goodness. I then brought the steeped water back to a boil and dissolved a 5# bag of white sugar and about 1 ounce of lemon juice concentrate into it and boiled it for about 10 minutes while stirring the pot. I then poured the tea into my primary and topped it up to 5 gallons with tap water. Stirring well I took a sg reading and I got 1.042, later checked it again and it was 1.044 as it was cooling. I figure that its going to be about 5.25-5.50% abv when done...........
Yeast pitched was a pack of Muntons Ale yeast. It doesn't look like it took to fermenting yet. I will repitch in the morning if there is no action.
