So Comfort Lemonade?

Question

I tried a 'hard' lemonade at a party last year, but don't remember what was in it (it was THAT good). haha.. anyway, I think it may have been Southern Comfort,,, anyone heard of that? I don't want the pre-mixed stuff, I want to make it myself.

Answer 1

Easy as cake! We in England made this ourselves! It's so simple, really.

Hard Lemonade

Ingredients:

2 packets active dry yeast
1-2 cups sugar (if you want it to turn out sweet, use the larger amount. I prefer it non-sweet.)
6-8 lemons (if they are super-teeny, even 10)
1 gallon (or so) of lukewarm water


Instructions:
First: this is NOT an exact science and pretty darn hard to mess up!

1) Wash a large jar or jug (I use a giant old pickle jar--a Carlo Rossi jug would be ideal). Wash it really well, with hot water.

2) Mix the yeast, sugar and water together in the jar. Set aside.

3) Cut up your lemons into slices. Do not remove the peel. Just cut them up, maybe 6 slices per lemon.

4) Put the lemons in the jar. It's OK if you're using a Carlo Rossi jug and you just have to stuff them in there. It doesn't matter.

5) Take a plastic bag (like one of the bags from the produce section of the grocery store) and rubber-band it over the opening of your jar. DO NOT rubber-band it tightly--leave lots of slack.

6) Put the jar somewhere where it won't be in the way.

8) The plastic bag will fill with gas from the fermentation. Let the gas out of the bag every day or so and re-rubber-band it. When the bag stops filling up, your lemonade is done. This will take 3-7 days.

9) Cover your lemonade and put it in the refrigerator. Drink it cold. Get more soused than you think you will because this stuff packs a punch you wouldn't guess at from the taste.


Another easy one I've seen around here in NYC:

Lots of ice
8 ounces vodka (Skyy Citrus is good, but reg works fine)
1 cup of sugar
The juice and zest of 8 lemons
Water

Directions:

Fill a large pitcher with ice.
Pour in vodka, sugar, lemon zest and juice.
Stir well to dissolve the sugar.
Fill the pitcher with water and stir again.

Answer 2

Southern Comfort and lemonaid?? Don't use the powdered lemonaid, use the frozen stuff you add water. Sounds like a Whiskey Sour to me.

Answer 3

Try this one Vodka and Punch Gatorade. Get rehydrated and a buzz at the same time!

Answer 4

yep