Berry beers

[Dips Me Lid]

I'll have to remember to sign up to judge the specialty category at VicBrew, straight up 50 for that beer!

 

[eMPTy]

How long till drinkable. Also what yeast did you use

Drinkable as soon as adequately carbonated in the bottle. Was better after a few more weeks though. I only did a small run with some of a bigger batch and used what i had around. Don't exactly recall which yeast it was unfortunately. Would have been something common, nothing fancy.

 

[mrsupraboy]

I have made a raspberry wit a couple of times which turned out quite nicely...simply racked a belgian wit onto about 1.5kg of frozen berries in secondary...the paleness of the base beer acquired a pinkish hue and the tartness suited the style beautifully...I left it on the berries for around 5 days from memory and it was ready to drink straight away, though was at its best after a couple of weeks in the keg! Would make again...in summer.

Drinkable as soon as adequately carbonated in the bottle. Was better after a few more weeks though. I only did a small run with some of a bigger batch and used what i had around. Don't exactly recall which yeast it was unfortunately. Would have been something common, nothing fancy.

Where the drinks sour tasting or just blueberry tasting

 

[Mardoo]

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I think this is it..

Mardoo?

There is some process missing from the bill list.

I added candi syrup, and racked onto 1.5kg berries with 10 points to go.

Oh yeah, yes, that was our base recipe. 10% of the black malt went into the boil as whole, unmilled malt

 

[BJB]

Has anyone tried Aldi's sour cherries in a sour?

 

[Crofty]

Are they the ones that give you HIV?

 

[takai]

Dunno, I drank it.. Was too damn nice

Hm, how long did it age for in the keg?

 

[Yob]

At least 3 days before I was drinking it.... Oh hang on.. Forced carbed a bottles from the FV before it was even finished... It 'maybe' got to 4 months old...

 

[Whiteferret]

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I think this is it..

Mardoo?

There is some process missing from the bill list.

I added candi syrup, and racked onto 1.5kg berries with 10 points to go.

Are they the only hops you used Yob? h34r:
How much of which candi syrup too.

 

[Yob]

Believe it or not, yep, we stuck to the hop bill.

We Pu some syrup in the boil, I put more in during the FV.

Mardoo would know amounts more than me, was a couple of packs as I recall

 

[Whiteferret]

Mardoo? Anything else to add. Should have quizzed you more on the weekend. I will probably use this without the berries to fill my barrel but will do one on the side to see what its like.

P.S. it took me a while to find this thread.

 

[slcmorro]

Blueberry Hefeweizen:

Wheat 2kg
Golden Promise 500g
Pils 500g
Vienna 500g
Caramunich 300g

Hallertau MF to 24 IBU
Mashed at 67c
Wyeast 3638 @ 20c - racked to secondary on day 7 onto 1.5kgs of fresh, blended blueberries.

 

[GalBrew]

I'll have to remember to sign up to judge the specialty category at VicBrew, straight up 50 for that beer!

Be careful what you wish for!

 

[Dips Me Lid]

Be careful what you wish for!

I imagine the specialty category would be difficult to judge, probably get all sorts of crazy entries, I find the normal categories challenging enough to judge as it is.

 

[bradmccoy]

Take an amber ale recipe, add a kilo of frozen berries at the end of your boil, add about 250g coffee beans in the fermenter. Great flavour combo.

 

[contrarian]

I've made a RIS that was secondary fermented on 1kg of fresh cherries, used a wyeast farmhouse ale yeast cake from a previous brew and it came up quite nicely.

We had a brew challenge in the Illawarra using fruit in beers and the range and quality was fantastic. Winner was a coconut porter that was like drinking a bounty. Fantastic stuff!