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Lemonade wine?
do you all think using lemonade juice concentrate would make wine, or would the acidity of the lemonade kill the yeast? The recipe was going to be 1 12oz can lemonade concentrate, 5 cups sugar, 1/2 gallon water, and red star montratch (sure I spelled that wrong) yeast.
I wouldn't call it wine - just a hard lemonade, right? Here's a couple threads I bookmarked a while ago when I first started homebrewing that you might find helpful. I've always meant to do some experimenting with a hard lemonade but just never got a round to it.
Northern Brewer - Hard Lemonade + Energizer/Nutrient Question
Northern Brewer - Hard lemonade pointers
The Montrachet yeast is going to reek of sulfur and rotten eggs for the first few days of fermentation. Consider yourself warned. 
so this yeast will work with the acid level of the lemonade?
FirePitBrew wrote:
IThe Montrachet yeast is going to reek of sulfur and rotten eggs for the first few days of fermentation. Consider yourself warned.
Just blame it on the dog, always works for me!
Hogarthe wrote:
so this yeast will work with the acid level of the lemonade?
I haven't made hard lemonade before so I can't speak from experience but it seems people use various wine yeasts (or neutral ale yeast) when making it. I say just go for it. Aerate the must(?) well, pitch plenty of rehydrated yeast, and add a lot of yeast nutrient. I think you'll be fine as long as the lemonade you're using doesn't have any preservatives (ie: potassium sorbate).
Hogarthe wrote:
so this yeast will work with the acid level of the lemonade?
With the amount of lemonade you are using I think the pH will be fine.
ok, cool. my friend kept insisting the acid would kill yeast, but he is no expert.
The wine yeast is very tolerant of acidity. Most wine has a pH of like 3.2 to 3.4, if my memory serves me correctly. If you are going to treat it like wine and let it age for a while without being bottled or kegged, the low pH is vital to keeping the nasties away. If it turns out good, aging should not be a problem. There won't be any left to age.
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