Raspberries In A Wheat Beer

[Tony]

I was looking in the freezer tonight and found a 300g frozen box of raspberies

I have been thinking of brewing a wheat beer for summer and was thinking of doing something fun with it.

I was after any advice from people who have put fruit in a wheat....... are rasberries suitable?

when should i add them and should i put them in whole or mash em up?

cheers

 

[goatherder]

Keith might have some advice - he put a raspberry wheat in the last NSW case swap. I thought it was pretty tasty - so yes, raspberries are definitely suitable.

 

[craig maher]

I was looking in the freezer tonight and found a 300g frozen box of raspberies

I have been thinking of brewing a wheat beer for summer and was thinking of doing something fun with it.

I was after any advice from people who have put fruit in a wheat....... are rasberries suitable?

when should i add them and should i put them in whole or mash em up?

cheers

I have recently made 2 raspberry wheat beers - and both times have racked directly onto the frozen rasbperries.
Left it on the fruit for 7 - 10 days and then kegged it.
Have also made a raspberry pils the same way.
Got good fresh fruit colour, flavour and aroma this way.

Cheers,

Craig

 

[Kai]

I was looking in the freezer tonight and found a 300g frozen box of raspberies

I have been thinking of brewing a wheat beer for summer and was thinking of doing something fun with it.

I was after any advice from people who have put fruit in a wheat....... are rasberries suitable?

when should i add them and should i put them in whole or mash em up?

cheers

They work really well. If you're using the same frozen raspberries I did, then they don't really need much smooshing. I used one pack in 12 litres of a split batch of hefe and it turned out marvellous. I chucked them frozen into secondary.

 

[Tony]

thanks craig.

I was thinking of adding them at secondary. How much fruit did you use in how much beer?

how much colour did you get? was it a nice red colour?

kai..... i pack in 12 liters. MMMMMM i will be making 55 liters.

i will 4 or 5 packs then.

cheers

 

[craig maher]

thanks craig.

I was thinking of adding them at secondary. How much fruit did you use in how much beer?

how much colour did you get? was it a nice red colour?

cheers

I used 2 300g packs for 23 litres.
The colour was more a pink blush rather than red.
Give it a go - you wont be dissapointed.
I found all those that tried it liked it - which suprised me for a wheat.
I have one mate that asks for it every time we talk beer.

Cheers

 

[sqyre]

Great minds think a like Tony... B)

I was just looking at my bag of wheat thinkin.." might try makin a fruit beer"

although i hadn't decided between using raspberries or blueberries...

I was just getting on here to look up the info..

Sqyre..

 

[Tony]

Great minds think a like Tony...

Sqyre..

:blink:

i dont know if im honoured or scared :unsure:

both i think

I an going to do this. I will have to buy another 4 or 5 boxes of raspberies but where else am i going to get a respberry weizen?

recipe:

Raspberry weizen

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (L): 55.00 Wort Size (L): 55.00
Total Grain (kg): 11.50
Anticipated OG: 1.049 Plato: 12.03
Anticipated EBC: 8.2
Anticipated IBU: 14.0
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
56.5 6.50 kg. JWM Wheat Malt Australia 1.040 4
34.8 4.00 kg. IMC Pilsner Australia 1.038 3
5.2 0.60 kg. Rice Gulls Australia 1.000 0
3.5 0.40 kg. JWM Caramalt Australia 1.036 50

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
80.00 g. Spalter Spalt Pellet 3.50 13.3 45 min.
20.00 g. Spalter Spalt Pellet 3.50 0.7 5 min.


Yeast
-----

WYeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen

 

[Kai]

Duck's nuts, Tony. Thump it out, but add those boxes to secondary one at a time till you like the flavour I reckon.

 

[Back Yard Brewer]

I used 2 300g packs for 23 litres.
The colour was more a pink blush rather than red.
Give it a go - you wont be dissapointed.
I found all those that tried it liked it - which suprised me for a wheat.
I have one mate that asks for it every time we talk beer.

Cheers

It must be that time of the year where everyone has the same idea. Was wondering :unsure: when the fruit is added to the secondary do you leave it at the same temp as when fermenting? Because of the sweetness of the berries is there a big jump in the alcohol % I mean wouldnt the yeast kick back in to convert sugars into alcohol. I loved the fruit beer Kreik.

BYB

 

[tangent]

ok tony, swap you an unexploding bottle for caramel chilli onion jam!

 

[ozpowell]

I used 2 300g packs for 23 litres.
The colour was more a pink blush rather than red.
Give it a go - you wont be dissapointed.
I found all those that tried it liked it - which suprised me for a wheat.
I have one mate that asks for it every time we talk beer.

Cheers

Craig,

Did you boil the berries before adding them to the secondary, or just add them straight from the package? If so, how long did you boil them for?

Cheers,
Michael

 

[bconnery]

:blink:

i dont know if im honoured or scared :unsure:

both i think

I an going to do this. I will have to buy another 4 or 5 boxes of raspberies but where else am i going to get a respberry weizen?

recipe:

Raspberry weizen

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (L): 55.00 Wort Size (L): 55.00
Total Grain (kg): 11.50
Anticipated OG: 1.049 Plato: 12.03
Anticipated EBC: 8.2
Anticipated IBU: 14.0
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
56.5 6.50 kg. JWM Wheat Malt Australia 1.040 4
34.8 4.00 kg. IMC Pilsner Australia 1.038 3
5.2 0.60 kg. Rice Gulls Australia 1.000 0
3.5 0.40 kg. JWM Caramalt Australia 1.036 50

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
80.00 g. Spalter Spalt Pellet 3.50 13.3 45 min.
20.00 g. Spalter Spalt Pellet 3.50 0.7 5 min.


Yeast
-----

WYeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen

Tony, I've just bottled my rasberry, or in fact mixed berry weizen using those frozen packs. I used 1.3 kg in a 23L batch and it is bright pink. I had no caramalt, just a 60/40 wheat pils splitso the base beer was very light. I think the caramalt will work fine though, just might darken the pink every so slightly, which wouldnt' be a bad thing at all...

Nothing wrong with spalt I think but if you have, or can get, some Hallertau or Tettnang I always think they are great noble hops for fruit beers. Opinion of course...
I didn't boil the fruit, just microwaved them from frozen to thawed following a method I read somewhere...

 

[Tony]

Origional plan was to go with Tetnanger but i have some Spalt that needs to be used up and have not got around to brewing the Alt i was going to brew. And to be honest im off the idea ATM, so what to use them in....... i will probably end up using the Tetnanger..... it works so well in a weizen.

cheers

 

[Lukes]

Tony,
The raspberries really dry the beer out so add a little sweetness or adjust the mash to suit.

The last one I did was a American wheat (US-56) and about 2 kg of fresh berries frozen overnight to burst them and dumped into secondary with some home grown tet cones. ( go the Tetnanger)
It was 25 ltr batch.

I found it a little too dry so this year I will add some crystal or choc and mash a bit warmer.
Did not last long and very popular with the ladies and non big beer drinkers.



Luke

 

[Tony]

sounds fair. How dou think the berries dry the beer out. Was it flavour dry or attenuation dry.

I may well decoction mash it for more malt chartacter too so that will help.

I am thinking now that i may split the 50 liter batch into 2 x 25 liter batches and do half with raspberries and half with blueberries.

What other fruit would be suitable?

cheers

 

[Lukes]

I think the dryness was a bit of both.
I had not seen that you are adding some caramel malt.

Mine was just Pills and Wheat and a shitload of berries.

I have not made allot of fruit beer just this one as I grow the fruit and hops in the backyard so i'm no expert.
I usually do it as a split batch one with and one with out.

In the fridge I have a old smack pack of Rouge Pacman yeast and when the weather gets a little warmer I intend to make a Black Forest Cake Beer, based on the recipe's I have seen from the U.S.

- Luke

 

[Tony]

mmmmm with chocolate and fresh cream

?

I loooove black forest cake.

cheers

 

[Mercs Own]

In the States apricot and rasberry Heffs are all the go - I reckon blurberries may be a little subtle and get lost. Ever thought about a Rhubarb wheat beer? You would probably want to cook it a bit to break it down with a bit of sugar perhaps or roast it in the oven to soften it before adding to your fermenter.

 

[Lukes]

Paul,
You have made a fair amount of fruit beer commercially (sorry can't say I tried your peach beer).
The apricot and raspberry sounds good.
Any tricks from the trade you picked up?

- Luke