So I know it's late I the summer, but this thing was good 1 week after bottling so you may still have warm weather when it's done.
1st make a strong tea (approx, 20 oz.) with these two ingredients. I threw it all into a French press and let it sit until cool, then saved the tea in a sanitized jar.
- Zest of one whole lime (the zest gives great flavor, use a nice green one)
- Handful of mint leaves (yeah that's the precise amount, a handful)
Taste the tea, if it is lacking then fix it now. Then I took 3 lbs. of honey, 1/4 cup dark brown sugar, and the tea and added it to a gallon carboy. Shook like crazy, topped up with spring water, and pitched an ale yeast.
It fermented and cleared beautifully in 6 weeks. I didn't fuss with this one since it was just a random idea I thought I would try.
Went straight to bottling out of primary. Using some more dark brown sugar as the priming sugar, I bottled it. A week later I tried some and it was delicious. You get some nice line flavor off the zest, with some cool mint to follow. The brown sugar added some rum like flavors. Finally it all finishes clean and refreshing like the real thing does.
1st make a strong tea (approx, 20 oz.) with these two ingredients. I threw it all into a French press and let it sit until cool, then saved the tea in a sanitized jar.
- Zest of one whole lime (the zest gives great flavor, use a nice green one)
- Handful of mint leaves (yeah that's the precise amount, a handful)
Taste the tea, if it is lacking then fix it now. Then I took 3 lbs. of honey, 1/4 cup dark brown sugar, and the tea and added it to a gallon carboy. Shook like crazy, topped up with spring water, and pitched an ale yeast.
It fermented and cleared beautifully in 6 weeks. I didn't fuss with this one since it was just a random idea I thought I would try.
Went straight to bottling out of primary. Using some more dark brown sugar as the priming sugar, I bottled it. A week later I tried some and it was delicious. You get some nice line flavor off the zest, with some cool mint to follow. The brown sugar added some rum like flavors. Finally it all finishes clean and refreshing like the real thing does.