Nimbu Pani

[Fleecer]

Has anyone seen those Rubicon street drinks that are out now? My personal favourite is the lime, cumin and mint version called Nimbu Pani.

Anyway, I went down to the Asian market in town last week and bought loads of fresh mint and lemons. I then bought some cumin seeds and 1kg of dextrose.

A quick 15 minute 12 litre boil of two good bunches of mint, the juice of 3 lemons and a packet of cumin seeds, then cooled to room temperature. I then pitched a saison yeast at 1.050 and left it to do it's stuff. After 3 days I added a further bunch of fresh mint.

The latest news is that it's really slow in fermenting, but down to 1.028 after day 5. I'm hoping for a circa 5% alco pop style brew.

The plan is to liven it up with a further bunch of mint for 24 hours prior to bottling.

If anyone's interested, I'll update with the final results.

Cheers

 

[phillc]

That sounds like a fun summer drink. I'm for sure interested in the final results.

 

[Fleecer]

Day 13, and the brew has completed fermenting. It's much stronger than I thought it would be; it finished at 1.00, making it a 6.65% finishing gravity. I added further bunch of chopped mint and the juice of half a lemon, as the taste felt a little stewed.
Day 14 and I'm ready to bottle. Happy to say the late additions restored the flavour closer towards the target.
I'll post in 10/14 days with the results

Cheers