Lillipilly In Brew

[Benchish]

A few question in one post.

1. Has anyone tried using lilly pilly's in a brew?

If you have:
1.a.) how did they turn out?
1.b.) how potent are they for flavoring a brew (i.e how much did you use)

Not having any fresh fruit available (out of season) all i have is some home made lilly pilly jam.
2. is the extra sugar in a jam going to cause issues? (xxxx sugar issues or to much fermentables) or is the ammount to small to worry about?

I was thinking of doing a lighter ale or maybe a blonde to test the waters with the jam in the secondary.
If all goes well maybe moving into an actual fruit beer when they are back in season.

Cheers Mafro

 

[Bizier]

Welcome to AHB Mafro.

Just from my experience tasting the fresh fruit, I would suggest that they are pretty astringent, and would probably become moreso once you have fermented the sugars out of them. They leave a taste in my mouth that is similar, but different to eucalyptus, and I would think that this could be left in the beer. The astringency could actually assist a crisp finish if you got it right.

You might consider pectic enzyme if you do try adding the jam and want a clear beer.

You could just guess the jam sugar amount and calculate it was a part of your overall fermentables if you are keen to hit a specific amount of alcohol. It will be determined by how much jam you intend to add, estimate the amount of sugar, and subtract that from your malts.

 

[pete porter]

1. Has anyone tried using lilly pilly's in a brew?

If you have:
1.a.) how did they turn out?
1.b.) how potent are they for flavoring a brew (i.e how much did you use)

I've just bottled a lillipilli saison. Used 190g of stewed lilipillis in the primary after main krausen activity had quietened down, but also added some other spices in the boil: coriander seed, star anise.

Too early to give you a definite answer, but initial tasting suggests more berries would be better, to stand out against the spices.

Check back in 3 or 4 weeks.

John

 

[sim]

ive made cordial with them, definatley need a bit of sweetness to balance. fairly soft flavour. i had shitloads of them for a brew but didnt get there in time ...they got funky in the fridge. next time hey.


sim