Red Grapefruit-ade

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Red Grapefruit-ade

Postby Chris » Monday Apr 02, 2007 3:04 pm

I'm going to give red grapefruit a go in the old -ade format.

I'll use my basic citrus recipe and see how it goes.

Anyone else tried this one before?
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Postby chris. » Tuesday Apr 03, 2007 1:36 pm

I like Red Grapefruit.
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Postby rwh » Tuesday Apr 03, 2007 2:39 pm

OK, so far we know you like blackberries and red grapefruit. Truly illuminating. :P
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Postby chris. » Tuesday Apr 03, 2007 4:08 pm

rwh wrote:OK, so far we know you like blackberries and red grapefruit. Truly illuminating. :P


Bright lights make chris. go - :shock:

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Postby Chris » Sunday May 06, 2007 8:37 pm

Seriously, anyone tried this, or will I be pioneering?
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Postby gregb » Sunday May 06, 2007 8:40 pm

Looks like you're the vanguard.

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Postby Chris » Sunday May 06, 2007 8:43 pm

Ok. I'll post the notes as soon as I'm done. Onward!
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Postby Oliver » Friday May 11, 2007 6:57 pm

Such an inspired idea is almost on par with the genius of the Millennium Ale Project. Well, almost :wink:

I look forward to hearing what it's like.

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Postby 111222333 » Saturday May 12, 2007 2:40 pm

I have made a lemonade with 50:50 lemons to grapefruit. BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE. Good luck, i *think* that the only problem was too much lemon and grapefruit, and maybe the dryness (it was hardly even wet its so was dry). great BBQ cleaner though.
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Postby Chris » Monday May 14, 2007 12:24 pm

111222333! Haven't seen you for a while.

I put the grapefruit down on Saturday.

3.6kg red grapefruit (flesh and zest) - that took a BLOODY long time!
2kg raw sugar
safale yeast

After the boil (well, pasteurisation) It took off in less than 6 hours. I gave the must a taste, and thought that it was lacking a bit in flavour, so I intend to add some more juiced grapefruit towards the end of primary.

I used the ale yeast, as my last lemonade was a bit too dry (2 odd kilos of lactose was a bit much to rectify it).

If I can't get enough out of the yeast, I will then pitch a lalvin.

Will let you know as it progresses.
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Postby 111222333 » Thursday May 17, 2007 11:04 pm

Been off learning some of the finer points to brewing and chemistry ... not really, just the consumption of good ol' ethyl alcohol. Defenatly agree about the lalvin, extremely dry yeast, almost too dry. Though last time of mixing in a can of cider, or just a good amount of apple juice to replace the water. Let us know how it goes, elderly neighboure has a Grapefruit tree that he lets go to waste each season, coz he cant pick em. Im sure he'd rather them go to a good cause :wink:
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Postby Chris » Friday May 18, 2007 11:09 am

5 days in primary today. Will see how it's going in 2 more days. May rack then, but have found that fruit-only things seem better after 14-21 days.
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Postby Chris » Wednesday May 23, 2007 9:53 am

Quick update:

gravity down to 998.

It's come out yellow in colour. I'm a bit surprised, as I expected a pink tinge.

Anyway, there was a reasonable grapefruit flavour, but I wanted it a bit stronger, so I've juiced 4 more red grapefruit and added.

Probably 7 more days of primary.
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Postby corks » Monday May 28, 2007 5:12 am

i've been meaning to do this for a while, so im glad you've tried it. hope it works man, it would be bloody good.
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Postby Chris » Tuesday May 29, 2007 4:57 pm

Racked this one this afternoon.

Gravity down to 1000 again post-grapefruit juice addition.

More flavour, but needs some sweetness. Planning on adding lactose at priming.

It's a weird gold colour.
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Postby Chris » Monday Jul 16, 2007 11:41 am

Added 750g of lactose and kegged.

Will let you know in a week or so. It tastes fantastic uncarbonated, so hope it will be better fizzy.
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Postby Chris » Thursday Jul 26, 2007 2:12 pm

Finally ready!

It worked out well. It is gold in colour, with a slight red tinge. The lactose amount is perfect, so that is dry and refreshing, but still has enough sweetness to make it nice and easy to drink.

I highly recommend giving it a go.
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Re: Red Grapefruit-ade

Postby Kevnlis » Sunday Apr 13, 2008 9:06 pm

Was given two large bags of grapefruit today. Decided to have a search and alas, someone has actually done it before!

I plan to keg and back sweeten, also will use champers yeast. Might add a bit of Nelson Sauvin hops just to make it interesting.

Any suggestions for my recipe Chris?
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Re: Red Grapefruit-ade

Postby Chris » Monday Apr 14, 2008 8:01 am

Not really anything more than what is in my posts. I was very happy with the final result.

If you are going to back sweeten, I suggest using honey- I recon that'd be a winner. Citrus and honey is a great combination.
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