Smoked Lemonade

Found one solution for the heap of lemons we harvested.  Checking at Whole Foods, organic lemons go for $1 per, so we had a $70 or so yield off the tree.

I read on the internet that some folks had created "smoked lemonade." That seemed pretty cool, so we halved the majority of the lot and let them stew for 30 mins or so in the smoker.  I can't say that the smoky flavor is overpowering, if confronted with the same choice again, I might have voted to leave them in a bit longer... as did some of the recipes I later found.  But we do have a pretty tasty beverage with a hint of a smokey finish.

boil these together to make simple sugar
1.75 parts white sugar
1 part water

create a sweetened lemon concentrate
1 part smoked lemon juice
1 part simple sugar

dilute concentrate to taste
1 part concentrate
4-10 parts water

Convert to adult beverage
rum to taste