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Kotikalja recipe

A good and fast bar mixed drink recipe for Kotikalja, with sugar, rye malt whiskey, water and yeast.

Ingredients:
3 dl sugar
4 1/2 dl rye malt whiskey
4 – 5 liters water
1 tbsp yeast

Mixing instructions/directions/method:
Put rye malt and sugar in a bucket. Boil water and pour it in the bucket. Let the mixture cool down and drain filter it. Dissolve yeast in a bit of kotikalja and add it to kotikalja. Leave the bucket until next day in room temperature (20 C). Cool down the drink. Kotikalja stays drinkable 3-4 days stored in closed bucket or bottles in a cold place.

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Category: Liqueurs / sugar

Lemon Kvas recipe

A good and delicious bar mix drink recipe for Lemon Kvas, with yeast, water, lemons, sugar, raisins and beer.

Ingredients:
1 envelope dry yeast
10 qt water
6 lemons
2 cups sugar
1 cup raisins
12 oz beer

Mixing instructions/directions/method:
Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Boil remaining water and pour into a large stone crock. Add pitted halves of lemons, sugar, and raisins and mix until sugar dissolves. Cool to lukewarm. Add beer and yeast mixture. Cover with cheesecloth and ferment at room temperature for 24 hours. Strain liquid through muslin. Store in sealed glass jars or bottles. Keep for 3 to 4 days before serving.

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Category: Other Drinks / yeast

Medd recipe

A good and delicious bar mix drink recipe for Medd, with honey, water, lemons, cloves, sugar, ginger, yeast and bread.

Ingredients:
2.3 liters honey
9 liters water
4 lemons
30 g cloves
900 g sugar
1 piece scoured ginger
60 g yeast
1 piece bread

Mixing instructions/directions/method:
1. Spread the yeast on a piece of bread.

2. Boil the water, honey and sugar. Stand in an earthenware pot. Skim off any scum. Add lemon juice, cloves and ginger. Leave to cool. When just warm, float the bread and yeast on the top. Cover with a clean cloth. Leave for about 6-8 days.

3. Strain and bottle. Corks should be loose to start with. Leave for at least 5-6 months.

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Category: Liqueurs / honey