How to Make Skeeter Pee Wine - Lemon Wine - The Only Wine Recipe You Will Ever Need Part I

[@HowToDoneRight]

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[@CordelleHouse-wz8js]

I love watching your videos you make beautiful looking wine I used to make wines and beer years ago been away working never had time now I'm going blind I'm starting again for a hobby it's a beautiful hobby

[@HowToDoneRight]

Welcome to our channel. It is a fun hobby. I wish you much success. 👍👍❤️❤️😁😁

[@CordelleHouse-wz8js]

Thank you. love the channel you make beautiful videos

[@mindfuljazzy1135]

Thank you Wine Sensei!

[@johnc8112]

Looking fantastic there, keep up the awesome work you do with your wife.

[@HowToDoneRight]

Thanks, will do!

[@carolynchurchill2010]

I have some organic pure lemon juice, can I use that?

[@HowToDoneRight]

Oh yeah. As long as not any preservatives in it.

[@carolynchurchill2010]

@@HowToDoneRight do I still need to add the lemons and rinds?

[@HowToDoneRight]

Nope not needed if just want to use juice.

[@desdenova1026]

Greetings, friends. Today, I visited my local wine/brew shop. Sadly, they are going out of business. Happy news is that I picked up the gear I need to start my wine making journey at a discount. I also bought a jug of vintners mango juice and a cans of black currant and sweet cherry puree at even a deeper discount. The manager told me to come back next week and he will sell me some kits, bottles, and whatever is left over at blowout prices. Your channel was a big inspiration to pick up this hobby. My friends will thank you 😀

[@HowToDoneRight]

That's great you found some discounted equipment. But sad too see any business fold. You will have so much fun making wine and its amazing. Can't wait to hear about your first batch. 👍👍🍷🍷😁😁

[@desdenova1026]

@@HowToDoneRight the manager said the retail equipment section was only busy at harvest time and slow the rest of the year. They have a winery in the back.. I saw thousands of gallons of wine in huge containers. Seven hours after my visit my nose is still full of the smell of wine :)

[@HowToDoneRight]

That is Awesome. Sounds like they are just making wine now.

[@desdenova1026]

@@HowToDoneRight Today I took a 40 minute ride to a place called Label Peelers. Very cool people. I picked up a 2 gallon bucket with a lid, Starsan, Easy Clean, and some Bentonite. I am ready to get my first batch going. I decided to try the black currant puree. I also placed an order with them for 6 gallons of Chilean Shyrah juice.. that should arrive mid April. We are going to make some wine! Woo-hoo! 😀

[@HowToDoneRight]

I can't wait.. for you.😁😁

[@eddavanleemputten9232]

Skeeter pee is one I’ve yet to make. The simplest version doesn’t include tannins or zest. This made me suspect it would be quite one dimensional. I like your recipe. As soon as my back heals enough to be allowed to handle my buckets and fermenters, this one might very well be top of my list of recipes to make!

[@HowToDoneRight]

Grt well soon. You will have to try this one.👍👍

[@prabhadevi9047]

Hello Sir, I am new subscriber n I m from Manipur (northeast India), I started wine making from 2018, and I tried different types of fruits and after seeing ur videos Lots of clearity in my doubts, so thank you so much.

[@HowToDoneRight]

Thanks so much and welcome to the channel. 👍👍

[@prabhadevi9047]

@@HowToDoneRight I have seen many videos of wine making but I can't get it but ur videos are the best I ever seen, one again thank you so much ❤️. Pleasure is mine 🙏

[@JasonWinters-p2c]

Hello and thanks for all the info you share. My wife and I are new to wine making, our first batch is your apple caramel wine which is fermenting now and smells great!!! Exciting!!! We are interested in trying our hand at making tea wine, maybe lemon tea wine. Any insights or videos to share? Have a good one.

[@HowToDoneRight]

Lemon tea wine sounds good... I have a mint wine and lemon wine video out there you could combine that and would be great. Can't wait until you try that caramel apple wine. 👍👍

[@rizlawalls]

May I ask you if it is the same procedure if making oranges 🍊 wine? Regarding the cutting of the fruit

[@rizlawalls]

Ok ,just found your orange wine video😊

[@HowToDoneRight]

Thats a great wine. 👍

[@rizlawalls]

@@HowToDoneRight any suggestion regarding flavour? Been reading that it's a little bit hard to keep flavour

[@HowToDoneRight]

Add Additional orange extract will help.

[@jamiegaudet6008]

If I wanted to do a raspberry lemon wine, would I just adjust the recipe for equal parts of both to equal 9-12lbs?

[@HowToDoneRight]

Yep that would be perfect. Let me know how that turns out sounds incredible. 🍋🍋

[@BioMusing]

If you double the yeast does it make wine twice as fast?

[@HowToDoneRight]

No.... never rush Wine making.

[@JordanRyle-h6n]

Hey I love your videos, I’m not new to wine making, however your style has helped me correct some issues I have had in the past. My question is, I have always used spring water in my wine and have always been scolded for using tap water, are you using city tap water or are you on a filtration system. Thanks!

[@HowToDoneRight]

Tap water is completely fine... a good wine needs the minerals in Tap water but spring water if you do not have a good water quality is good too... you do not want to use ro water or filtered water. Great question. 👍👍

[@latoyabaker131]

I would love to see a Moscato type wine or a dessert wine in the future

[@HowToDoneRight]

Ohhhh is coming. Hopefully this summer when grapes in season

[@latoyabaker131]

@@HowToDoneRight awesome

[@margueritegilner2071]

Hi! I am making the Skeeter Pee wine. I followed your directions to the “T” and it is the day and the air lock is not bubbling and the bucket of liquid doesn’t have any bubbles. What can I do? The bucket contains the fruit of the lemons and some of the zest. I sanitized all my equipment. The only thing I wasn’t sure of was the amount of sugar (simple syrup) I added. I don’t have a food scale so I looked up the conversion of sugar and added 2 cups of sugar per pound. I am a making 3 gallons of skeeter pee wine. Any suggestions? Hope I can save this 3 gallon skeeter pee wine. Thanks!

[@HowToDoneRight]

Your sugar should be fine. Lemon wine is hard to get going sometimes. It took me a week but don't give up... watch this video on stuck fermentation and will give you some things to try. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqG9oaOnfqaLpNE Also check with hydrometer it could be fermenting very slowly but fermenting. That's a good thing.

[@margueritegilner2071]

@@HowToDoneRight Thanks! It is the third day. I will continue to stir for the next three days and be hopeful. Will also check your fermentation video. Thanks for your quick reply. I love your videos. I am a former teacher and I compliment you on your excellent videos. You are a true teacher.

[@HowToDoneRight]

Allll thanks so much. 👍👍😄😄❤️❤️... you'll see in that video it took me week to get that skeeter pee going.

[@sauravbasu8805]

​@@margueritegilner2071 Did it ferment at all ?

[@donnastevens7954]

I have made skeeter with bottled lemon juice. Would love to see a video of your process and recipe

[@HowToDoneRight]

Didn't you just watch my process.. lol... part 2 coming soon

[@donnastevens7954]

@@HowToDoneRight I'm looking for a recipe and process that uses just bought lemon juice

[@HowToDoneRight]

The skeeter pee or lemon wine can just be made with ĵuice.

[@scrappybobbarker5224]

This would be great carbonated. Also adding some strawberrys. I really love those fresh strawberry Lemmon drinks they sell at the fairs. This would be a great cider at 6%. Thus is a great recipe, there's just so many things you can do with it.

[@HowToDoneRight]

Oh yes it would be great carbonated. This summer I will add some carbonated water for sure. Great tips. 👍👍😁😁🍷🍷

[@tinaweasley2523]

Hey guys! It’s me again. I started my skeeter pee on 10/3 and used your recipe for the 1 gallon batch only I have Lavin EC-118 yeast. I don’t have the number measurement on me when it started. I have it at work. But it read about 11-12%. It have been 7 days and I never had any foam when I stirred. The bubbler did not go crazy but had a bubble every few seconds. It mostly looked like a carbonated beverage when stirring. Now even with having zero foam it is sending up a bubble every 12 seconds and the reading it at 1.000. Is it done and needs to be racked the secondary or did I mess it up???? Please any advice?

[@HowToDoneRight]

Nope your perfect. It's ready to get to your carboy... it's done fermenting. Your going to love the skeeter. 👍👍

[@tinaweasley2523]

That’s great news!! I was nervous. Going to rack it now.

[@HowToDoneRight]

Keep me posted. 👍

[@sauravbasu8805]

​@@tinaweasley2523 Did you taste the wine ? How was it, give a brief description plz.

[@crh3401]

My wife mentioned blueberry lemon wine. Think ill try that

[@HowToDoneRight]

That might be really good. Keep me posted on that. 👍

[@crh3401]

Just bottled it today. Looks amazing. I'll let it age a month or so

[@HowToDoneRight]

AWESOME. you will love it. 👍👍

[@davidhorvath66]

I had trouble with mine fermenting as well. I got a pH meter to test the pH (The pH strips have such a large margin of error that they are basically worthless), and my pH was like 2.7. I added calcium carbonate to increase the pH to 3.2, then pitched a new packet of yeast. It started fermenting right away

[@HowToDoneRight]

Great idea. 👍

[@dank6905]

I made some about a month ago,I'm waiting for it to clear abit more.

[@HowToDoneRight]

Awesome. It will be great especially over the summer months. 👍👍

[@gailpetchenik3048]

Is there any difference between the gold yeast & the red?

[@HowToDoneRight]

Gold would be more for bread. Never used it for wine but sure it would work with maybe a different flavor.

[@bryanmayfield7423]

I’m not a lemon fan but I might try this because I’m running out of ideas 😂. You should do a watermelon wine video

[@HowToDoneRight]

Omg.... your reading my mind. I'm doing a watermellon wine with a twist. Stay tuned.

[@margueritegilner2071]

It is day 4 and no fermenting activity. I am making my 3 gallons of skeeter pee in a 6.5 fermenting bucket. Do you think the bucket is too large, adding too much air to the mixture? I will continue to monitor and stir for the next two days. Thanks!

[@HowToDoneRight]

The bucket should not be the issue. Is your yeast good? Did you check abv to see if it's changed from initial reading ? It could be fermenting and because there is lots of headspace you may not know it.

[@margueritegilner2071]

@@HowToDoneRight I bought the yeast last week from Amazon as part of a kit. There is no expiration date on the yeast package. I checked ABV and no change.

[@HowToDoneRight]

I would definitely get some red star yeast. I have links in the description or go to a local supply store. That could be old and it also should be refrigerated for longer life.

[@commander5640]

Now I know it's lemon wine I'll give it a go once my new hydrometer arrives

[@HowToDoneRight]

Its delicious 😋😋😋🍷🍷🍷

[@reviewstrials6785]

I bought lemon juice with "less than 2% of sodium bentonite & sodium bisulfite" did I screw up or will this work? I realize I'd need to go by the juice video recipe but I wondered about those 2 ingredients.

[@HowToDoneRight]

The sulfites most likely will kill your yeast. But if it works let me know.

[@reviewstrials6785]

@@HowToDoneRight hey! It DID ferment. I added yeast from the batch I did right before this and some extra yeast nutrient. Then I waited a few days and it looked like it fizzled out. Then I made a fresh slurry of a little apple juice, some sugar and yeast nutrient. When it got all bubbly I went to add it only to find that fermentation had kicked back up. I'll give it another week and check the gravity. Next time I'll be taking the yeast from the previous batch, making a slurry with it and adding that 1st off with some yeast nutrient every 2 days or so a few times to keep it alive.

[@HowToDoneRight]

Great troubleshooting techniques. 👍👍

[@kb2vca]

Enjoyable video, but I gotta ask: lemons are full of citric acid. What is the reason for adding acid blend before you taste the finished skeeter pee. Are the lemons you bought not sufficiently acidic for your taste? And sure , acid blend contains citric acid but also malic (the acid found in apples) and tartaric (the acid found in grapes). Don't you need to be careful not to create a must where the pH falls below 3.0 - and lemon juice is likely to have a pH of about 3.2.

[@HowToDoneRight]

Technically you don't have to add acid blend your right. But it will balance your acids that are in your lemons also...... so I always do it and never had a bad batch of skeeter pee yet.

[@kb2vca]

@@HowToDoneRight To me , adding acid before you check the TA is a lot like folk who add salt before they taste anything when they receive a plate of food. Adding acid ain't a ritual. It's to increase TA if and when the TA is too low (less than 6g/L). ;-)

[@HowToDoneRight]

When you have made wine as long as I you stick with what works.

[@mastafedalaje1745]

😍🍾🍾👍

[@kevin_ninja_jones2363]

I think the name is a little funny and a talking point when you share lol

[@HowToDoneRight]

That's for sure😁😁👍👍

[@micheleeastmond9552]

I am with wifey on this one I wouldnt want to call it that either 🤦🏾‍♀️. #LemonWine

[@HowToDoneRight]

Lol.. that's funny. 👍👍 but will be delicious this summer.

[@jenniferfoster6119]

Way too many ingredients and things to purchase I want a recipe that is lemons, the sugar and not much else

[@HowToDoneRight]

That would be lemonade. May have to work a little to get a great wine.

[@donberry6079]

Waaaay too much tolk, not enough action.

[@HowToDoneRight]

Can't rush Wine making sunshine.