Lemon Melomel

Classification: mead, lemon mead, melomel

Source: Donna Maurer (doantm@netinfo.com.au), MLD #453, 1/20/96

I made a lemon melomel last year (around 8 months ago I think). I used a grapefruit melomel recipe and just substituted freshly squeezed lemons. Here is the recipe (for a gallon).
We tried this, chilled, at Christmas and it wasn't bad. It was pretty acidic and kept a good lemon flavour. No sweetness at all. I think it will improve with age.
I also made a grapefruit melomel at the same time - at the last tasting it still tasted like vomit. I don't think I'll ever like grapefruit.

We have a drink in Australia called Two Dogs, which they call an alcoholic lemonade. It is carbonated, around 5% alcohol and has great lemon flavour. I'm going to give this a go as my next lemon drink.

Ingredients: (1 gallon)

1.2 L lemon juice (43 fl oz)
900g mixed honey (2 lb)
Yeast nutrient
15g tartaric acid (0.5oz.)
Yeast (I can't remember what yeast I used, but it was possibly a bordeaux yeast.)