Hard Solo/Hard Rated - Homebrew Recipe - Bottle Conditioning

The beauty of this method is you can customise your recipe for your pallet and dietaryrequirements. Whether you want a bump in strength, flavour or need to make it gluten-free it's yours to play with.

This method allows you the ability to knock up a hard Solo Clone using ingredients around the house, minimal equipment and some homebrew yeasties. The key to this one is ensuring you have a super clean fermentation, packed with nutrients and monitor the PH.

DIFFICULTY: Medium

TIME REQUIRED: 1-2 weeks fermentation + 5 minutes mixing + 1-2 weeks for bottle conditioning.

MAKING YOUR BASE:

Aim to make a super clean seltzer base, you want to aim for around 5.8% but feel free to bump up or down as you wish. Here's our seltzer recipe here.

RECOMMENDED RECIPE:

Bottle Conditioning

You will need: Seltzer Base (to strength of choice - Recommended 5.8%) 1 x KL41836 - Impressence - Lemon Pub Squash Flavour Shot - 50mL (per 4.75L of final volume) 1 x KL43885 - Impressence - Sugar Free Sweetener Blend 1 - 50ml (per 4.75L of Final Volume) (DO NOT USE FERMENTABLE SUGAR) 2 x KL38461 - Carbonation Drops (per 500ml bottle)

Instructions:

  1. Transfer your Seltzer Base into a clean and sanitised bottling bucket, try to avoid aerating.

  2. Add your Flavour Shots and Sweetener Blend to the base and mix gently until homogeneous.

  3. Add two Carbonation Drops to each clean and sanitised 500ml bottle.

  4. Using a bottling wand fill each bottle leaving the correct amount of headspace once the bottling wand is removed.

  5. Store warm for 2 weeks until carbonated.

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