recipe

SHADOW MATE
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Ingredients
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1.5 lb Turbinado sugar
1 tsp guarana powder
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup lime juice
1/2 lb Yerba Mate (Unsmoked, Nobeleza Gaucha is the suggested brand)
2 oz Siberian ginseng (rough cut, not powdered)
6 gallons water

Process
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Pour mate and ginsing into a hop sock. (If a hop sock is not available
filter at the end.) Add guarana to water, then bring to a boil and
sustain boil for 3 minutes. Add sugar, lemon, and lime. Remove heat 
and wait. When the temperature reaches 160f add ginseng and Mate. 
Let steep ½ hour.

Move to keg when cool enough and carbonate to 15 psi.

If a hop sock is used the mate can be steralized again in order to
improve shelf life. To do this boil again for 3 minutes and move to
the keg as soon as possible.