Cherry Wheat Beer

[KHB]

I have a wheat beer fermenting ATM and will be putting 1.5kG fresh cherries into it which have been deseeded and frozen. Was wondering when i put them in secondary should i puree them or put them in as is??

Cheers

KHB

 

[praxis178]

I have a wheat beer fermenting ATM and will be putting 1.5kG fresh cherries into it which have been deseeded and frozen. Was wondering when i put them in secondary should i puree them or put them in as is??

Cheers

KHB

Bleeding good question! Wish I knew 'cause I have about a kilo or two of cheeries in the freezer that could not have a better end than that....

 

[Swinging Beef]

Put them in the 2ndary.
Do not boil them unless you want to is the real answer.
Do you want the flavour of fresh cherries (tart and dry=lambicishness) or cooked cherries (sweet cherry pie)

In lambic brewing, the pits are left in for more flavor.

Just let the beer sit on them for 6 months or more.

 

[sirotilc]

I added a good whack of frozen seeded sour cherries (6 kg) to a wit a few months back, what I ended up doing was putting them in (sanitised!) old pantyhose legs that I tied off. When it came time to bottling all I had to do was to life out the pantyhose-cherry sausages, rather than mess around trying to clean out a sticky mess from the bottom of the fermentor.

Just remember to check with SWMBO about which pantyhose she's willing to let you have!