Phrak
The Dutch Knight Brewery
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Ladies and gents,
Visting the local markets this afternoon, I came across a stall-holder selling fresh(ish) cherries for $2/kg.
I've been meaning to brew a cherry beer (of some description) for some time now, but the cherries were always up around $6.95/kg.
Needless to say, that when I saw the cherries at $2/kg, I kind-of got a bit too excited.... and bought 10kg of them :blink:
I've read and heard a lot of different quantities of fruit to use in beers. At this stage, I think I might start out with 2kg of cherries per 22L batch, during secondary fermentation, and keep the beer on the cherries for 2-3 weeks.
Now, my questions to the gallery - Any suggestions on a beer (or three or four) to match cherries? I'm thinking maybe a Blonde and also maybe bottling a stout or porter as well for the winter. Also considering a rough Duvel-style in the future.
I guess I could always freeze the cherries for when I need to use them.
Ideally I'd like to brew 'something' this coming Wednesday, if possible. I know this grain selection below is clearly wrong for the three beer-styles I listed above, but I'm happy to hear other suggestions
I've got heaps of Marris Otter and 1/2kg Light Munich in the grain bin, plus a bit of medium Crystal.
I've got heaps of Cascade, Amarillo and Pride of Ringwood, and a little Saaz, Hallertau Mittlefraue (sp?) & Northdown.
I've got dry US56, S04 and W34/70 (stand-back, HUGE selection I know! )
Going to have a crack at Beertools to see what I can come up with, but I can always no-chill the batch(es) and order a better suited liquid yeast and pitch when it arrives.
I open the floor to the forum :super:
Tim.
Visting the local markets this afternoon, I came across a stall-holder selling fresh(ish) cherries for $2/kg.
I've been meaning to brew a cherry beer (of some description) for some time now, but the cherries were always up around $6.95/kg.
Needless to say, that when I saw the cherries at $2/kg, I kind-of got a bit too excited.... and bought 10kg of them :blink:
I've read and heard a lot of different quantities of fruit to use in beers. At this stage, I think I might start out with 2kg of cherries per 22L batch, during secondary fermentation, and keep the beer on the cherries for 2-3 weeks.
Now, my questions to the gallery - Any suggestions on a beer (or three or four) to match cherries? I'm thinking maybe a Blonde and also maybe bottling a stout or porter as well for the winter. Also considering a rough Duvel-style in the future.
I guess I could always freeze the cherries for when I need to use them.
Ideally I'd like to brew 'something' this coming Wednesday, if possible. I know this grain selection below is clearly wrong for the three beer-styles I listed above, but I'm happy to hear other suggestions
I've got heaps of Marris Otter and 1/2kg Light Munich in the grain bin, plus a bit of medium Crystal.
I've got heaps of Cascade, Amarillo and Pride of Ringwood, and a little Saaz, Hallertau Mittlefraue (sp?) & Northdown.
I've got dry US56, S04 and W34/70 (stand-back, HUGE selection I know! )
Going to have a crack at Beertools to see what I can come up with, but I can always no-chill the batch(es) and order a better suited liquid yeast and pitch when it arrives.
I open the floor to the forum :super:
Tim.