/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1201329
Recipe?

If you want pineapple flavored drinks you'll need to use pineapple juice. Most of the flavor in tepache comes from the spices you use and the tingle of the CO2. The recipe in >>1200090 is pretty good. The pineapple flavor is very light, the alcohol content is low, the CO2 is just right. The only thing it needs is a bit of acid for mouth feel and some stronger spice. The first sip is about the same as the last sip. I used white sugar so it is much like a light soda and not reddish in color.

More traditional tepache recipes are much stronger in spice flavor and the flavor of the type of brown sugar (muscovado, demerara, turbinado) or honey used. Remember this is a street vendor drink you get on a hot day while being a tourist. It is more about quenching your thirst without leaving you "heavy."

The more modern American recipes don't use just the skins and core of the pineapple. Instead they will use 1 to 3 whole pineapples per gallon. Another problem with flavor is the pineapple itself. If needs to be ripe. Where I live, I have to grow my own pineapples if I want ripe pineapples. Otherwise, they are all green at the stores. They turn color a bit after picking, but their flavor never enriches properly. Making pineapple drinks with those sucks when compared to using fully ripe, bright yellow pineapples.