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Pineapple Beer - How To Make Tepache (Mexican Pineapple Beer) - 7 Steps - Instructables
Pineapple Beer - How To Make Tepache (Mexican Pineapple Beer) - 7 Steps - Instructables
Hey everyone!
I'm not sure on Alcoholic Potency... I added way too much sugar to mine and left
it for 10 days and it got pretty strong.
Teacher Notes
Yeast - Adding just a teaspoon of instant bakers yeast to your Pineapple Beer will
make it much more alcoholic, than using the natural yeasts in the rind alone.
To make my Pineapple Beer, I used an empty cooler box and sealed it around the
edges of the lid with duct tape and tied it down with 'tie down straps'.
Tools:
1 Cooler Box
Duct Tape
Tie Down Straps
AND a 5 Liter Water bottle with a seal-able lid (OR any other container that can
be sealed)
This will be used to Further Ferment it later (important - this carbonates it
and makes that beer foam we all love)
So now you will have to take your pineapples, and cut them into decently sized
chunks/cubes, preferably at least an inch across.
This is to kick-start the fermentation process to get it going, this step accounts for
most of the alcohol that is produced.
Add the sugar! (Just experiment with that, I added WAY too much my first time)
Tie down your cooler box and seal it up with duct tape!
Warning: if you do open it before you intend to bottle/drink it, you risk
infecting it with foreign bacteria. This will make it go off, and you will
probably get sick if you drank that.
Sadly, you cant drink it yet! Well you could... but it would have no fizz. Boring.
Now for Secondary Fermentation:
Pour everything into your 5 Liter Bottle... but make sure to leave out all the
pineapple chunks! You want to only get the juice, not the fruit matter!
Now seal your 5 Liter container for AT LEAST another day or two. This will be
your storage container for your Tepache. The longer you leave it, the stronger
it gets.
Option 1: If its Too thick, add more water and re-do the Secondary Fermentation
step.
Option 2: If there's things floating in it, filter it! The best way it to get a carbon
filter, this makes it look ALLOT better and makes it look even more appetizing. I
used that thing called Bobble to filer it, its a water bottle with a carbon filter mouth
piece. (see picture)
Option 3: EXPERIMENT!
Try:
Adding more / less sugar next time.
Add other spices, ginger maybe?
Even better: Add more fruits, try making it a tropical drink.. add Coconuts
and other fruits!