Skeeter Pee, Lemon Wine and You

Starting this blog with the intention of chronicling my cheap ass journey for the next two years of grad school.

No 44 dollar a bottle Chinese PBR for me thanks, even hipster beers are too pricey for my budget.  One of the first things I am going to do is learn to brew my own booze.  From my research at Reddit's Homebrew community --which I strongly recommend -- there exists a concoction called skeeter pee or lemon wine that can be made for less than 15 dollars for 5 gallons.  Lemon wine has me thinking what would tangelo wine taste like, what would lemon lime wine taste like and that means this is something I can tinker with.  As an engineering student this pleases me.  I never make the same recipe exactly twice but here is a good starter recipe for Skeeter Pee aka Lemon Wine.

First thing I need to do is order a homebrew kit that I can make this with.  I will not need all the parts of a beer kit but why not?  They are relatively cheap and I can use the beer stuff later when I have more cash rolling around.  

So after careful research -- finding the cheapest option -- I came to this current deal for around 60 bucks on Amazon with two 6.5 gallon buckets.  One for fermenting and one for bottling.     

Maestro Homebrew Beer Equipment Kit w/ Auto Siphon

Which has:

True Brew Handbook (hmm not sure, probably better off looking at Reddit's homebrew community and free online resources, it is apparently only 50 pages)

• 6.5 Gallon Primary Fermenting Bucket
• 1 Lid Drilled & Grommet
• 6.5 Gallon Bottling Bucket w/ Spigot
• Fermometer Fermentation Thermometer

as well as...Fermtech Springless Bottle Filler, Fermtech 3/8in Auto Siphon, 5ft x 5/16in Flex Vinyl Tubing, Hydrometer, Emily Double Lever Capper, Bottle Brush, 3 Piece Airlock, C-Brite Sanitizer 8-Pack. 


So ordered it, will update when it comes with pics.  Mmmm, lemon wine.  I wonder what else I can make into booze?  We will find out.