I have had a lot of people tell me they make this beer year around...by itself in the summer, or turn it in to a boil maker by adding a shot of whiskey in the winter. So now I need to brew more for this winter!!!
Yes finally someone gets it.....you work hard on a recipe, then you decide to share that recipe....some follow it to the letter and love it....some change it and say it's ok or have issues with the brew.....NEWS FLASH PEOPLE....if you don't try the very popular original recipe that took years to...
Mcfire the 3 week fermentation is to eat the yeast, and then after visible activity stops the yeast them cleans up byproducts....so it's a must!
Bolus14 - this recipe uses both lime zest and limeade....the zest is aromic and for after taste....the limeade is to impact the overall flavor, the...
This beer is an extremely complex beer, it needs 3 weeks of fermentation in order for certain flavors to develop.....however it's your beer so choose any path you would like, but in summary here is what I recommend: make wort, cool, pitch yeast, wait for fermentation to subside (usually a week)...
Yes, you can alter the recipe with ingredients....but as you do, you remove a little bit of perfect harmony this recipe has with all of its ingredients.
You can do 2 simple things, squeeze 3 to 4 lime and put juice in at the same time as limeade or get Torani lime extract and use it as your bottling primer (if you bottle)...personally I would use the lime juice....the only noticible difference between lime juice and zest, is that you won't have...
I've brewed this recipe over a thousand times....a few possibilities: you added the limeade cold instead of room temperature, this shocks yeast and makes it work slow...repitch yeast to fix. Your equipment could have a leak, take daily readings to see if it continues to progress...if it does...