Lemonade Misstep

[Sinfathisar]

So I put on a batch of Lemonade following the recipe religously (new brewer so being careful) and I totally forgot to add the lactose.
Is this a tragedy of epic proportions? Can I add it at the bottling stage instead?
Fermentation seems to be going ok at the moment.

 

[manticle]

Boil it up in a bit of water, let it cool and add it in now (or later). As it's unfermentable it's no big thing to add later - I like to add early to ciders to allow any flavour to integrate.

 

[Bongchitis]

Hey Sin,

Lactose is a very subtle sweetner and doesn't cut the mustard for what I want it to do... but I do like a fair degree of sweetness in my ciders , lemonade et al.

50grams of splenda (and/or stevia) for a 21L batch works a treat for me and not a hint of artificial aftertaste but I too add early for flavour intergration like manticle above.

 

[Sinfathisar]

thanks for the advice guys - I will wait until fermentation is finished - I don't want to disturb it atm.

I see dragonfruit ale on your pipedream list Bong - does it actually have dragonfruit in it - if so ... the red skin with white flesh, the red skin with red flesh or the yellowskinned variety? cheers!

 

[Bongchitis]

Hey sin,

The dragonfruit thing is really only for colour as the flavour is pretty subtle... I would go for the red flesh, the colour should be awesome and would just be added to a quafing ale in secondary. I actually brewed it and was ready to go last year but availability of fruit wasn't there when i really needed it... at least i had a keg of beer!

I am a cactus collector/grafter so I thought i would dick around with that as opposed to red colouring.

Cheers mate.

 

[Tanga]

You brewed with cactus? Which one, prickly pear? Now that would be kind of interesting. What were your results?

 

[Bongchitis]

Sorry for the :icon_offtopic: sin.

Dragonfruit is the Fruit of a cactus of genus Hylocereus. You usually see the species snaking up trees in older style gardens, thin and spindly. Those red/yellow cacti at bunnings are grafted onto it also, very vigorous. Cacti fruit are all prety much sweet cucumber with a fruity twist depending on variety/genus but all are mild in flavour.

I haven't done the full batch of dragonfruit ale yet due to seasonal availability and tardiness. I am working on other cacti beverages though but its a secret. Results so far is green snot!

 

[Sinfathisar]

Sorry for the :icon_offtopic: sin.

Dragonfruit is the Fruit of a cactus of genus Hylocereus. You usually see the species snaking up trees in older style gardens, thin and spindly. Those red/yellow cacti at bunnings are grafted onto it also, very vigorous. Cacti fruit are all prety much sweet cucumber with a fruity twist depending on variety/genus but all are mild in flavour.

I haven't done the full batch of dragonfruit ale yet due to seasonal availability and tardiness. I am working on other cacti beverages though but its a secret. Results so far is green snot!

Yar we grow both the red/red and the yellow pitaya and I had a glut of the reds last year :-(

green snot sounds not so yummy :icon_vomit: