Nick Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Hi all, i am just back from a few days of camping, fishing and drinking. i took my old man along and watched as he added a drop of lime juice to his beer. lager and lime was very popular in pommyland about 100 years ago apparently? anyway we were chatting about homebrewing and i told him that i read somewhare that lime drops or lime lollies can be added during secondary fermentation. i will bottle a few for him when i bottle my next coops lager. can someone let me know what i need to add. do lime lollies replace sugar as a primer, or is it added in addition? i will only do about a dozen stubbies this way and might give them to him at xmas. they should be good drinking by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Hi Nick. These styles of beer are really about a simple low flavoured brew, & then adding a vibrant LIVE fruit element to it on the day of drinking, to give it its upfront zing. However, if you want to be a show-off & brew something that exudes these flavours straight from the bottle, start with a low flavour brew recipe (Mexican cerveza or pilsner), & add into the fermenter, the zest of 2 whole lemons & a solid handful of kaffir lime leaves. Then ferment as normal. The live fruit add is still better IMHO, but that's up to you. Beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 G'day Beer, thanks for the info. i did read the lemon infused recipe, but that way of doing it makes a whole batch. i just want to do a few. i wont drink it and i'd hate to waste a whole batch if it turned out crook. thats why i asked about the lime drop method Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivon T Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Kaffir Lime is a good way to add that little lime twist but is waaaay different to adding a squeeze of juice at serving time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamB8 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 My missus still adds lime to her beer and it is still very popular back home (yes were pom's) She only uses the old fashioned style lime juice (Bickfords or Roses) and this old style is what they use back home, it tastes nothing like the 'infused' varieties you can buy from the bottlo. Like you said the poms have been drinking it for years, it aint broken ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Hiya Ivon T, Much agreed, as I've already stated. However, some people just have to be "The Smart-Arse" in the crowd. So I do my best here to offer that option. [lol] Beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Back OT... Yes, you can prime with lollies. I know of people who have successfully primed with: Redskins Chico Babies Jelly Babies Black Jelly Beans and other colors Wherther's Butterscotch (Someone here but didn't get back with their results. Maybe Hairy?... can't remember who it was now.) Snakes Gummi Bears Life Savours I see no problems using some sort of Lime lollies. However, obviously you need to do the calculations to ensure you are priming with the right amount of sugars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Wherther's Butterscotch (Someone here but didn't get back with their results. Maybe Hairy?... can't remember who it was now.) Nah, wasn't me. I'm not that adventurous. But it sounds like it would be perfect in a Scotch Ale with a large amount of diacetyl. Or is that already a butterscotch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Yeah I just found the post... it was Snags and I stand corrected... he did report back (I must have missed the post at the time). He said the Whethers were a failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Just don't use lollies with artificial sweeteners, that will get you nowhere. Except maybe into the VB thread [lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 I found this in an old thread regarding PET bottle caps. i knew i had read it somewhere. Hi all Have seen a few posts in here re pet bottles and tops etc. , yet have not seen a definitive answer on how often they can be used before chucking the bottles and/or getting new caps (and where do you get the new caps from btw). My prior experience with PET bottles in the land of the long white cloud (when fascists lion nathan and dominion breweries made it too hard to get crates)was that the caps needed to be replaced about every 4th or 5th brew. The Coopers caps seem a bit sturdier and seem as if they could last longer...can someone from Coopers please give a recommendation on how often to use the caps/bottles, as one would be most distressed to waste a brew through leaky bottles :cry: PS...if you have a bit of pommie in you and like the lager and lime bit, try a couple of boiled lime lollies instead of sugar etc. for the secondary with Bavarian. :wink: Humbugs do stout wonders too! I will give it a go on a few, if it doesnt really work i dont think the old man would notice anyway, judging by the crap he normally buys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kymjets Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I know this is quite an old thread, but I've tried to make a lime infused beer that has that Miller Chill or Bud Lime taste to it. I didn't just want a citrus aftertaste but a refreshing brewed lime type of taste. I've since made a Mexican Lager with lime and it was great! Not quite as sweet as the beers I was trying to recreate but it did have a limey, refreshing taste. All I did was squeeze two fresh limes into the fermenter with 200ml of lime squeeze from a bottle and a sprinkle of lime rind. The rest of the brew was per the instructions on the wort kit. Came out brilliant! Everyone that tried it, loved it. I'm currently trying a summer ale with a cup of lime juice added. Will see how that turns out in a few weeks when I start to drink it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arv Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I know this is quite an old thread' date=' but I've tried to make a lime infused beer that has that Miller Chill or Bud Lime taste to it. I didn't just want a citrus aftertaste but a refreshing brewed lime type of taste. I've since made a Mexican Lager with lime and it was great! Not quite as sweet as the beers I was trying to recreate but it did have a limey, refreshing taste. All I did was squeeze two fresh limes into the fermenter with 200ml of lime squeeze from a bottle and a sprinkle of lime rind. The rest of the brew was per the instructions on the wort kit. Came out brilliant! Everyone that tried it, loved it. I'm currently trying a summer ale with a cup of lime juice added. Will see how that turns out in a few weeks when I start to drink it. [/quote'] How did it turn out Kymjets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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