Raspberry Stout?

[sid]

Hey all, just wondering if it's worth modifying a coopers stout kit (a 1/2 batch..12litrs) with a 1/2 kg of frozen raspberries/choc malt/oats/hops.
I don't know whether a stout would be good chioce for this since it would have strong flavours that might over power the raspberry.......should I go for a lighter beer to get more of the raspberry flavour coming through?

Just don't want to waste the raspberries heheh, damn expensive.

thanks, Sid

 

[Pennywise]

I would go with either a lager or cerveza kit, something with minimal flavour in it, and from what I've read you might need a couple of kilos of rasberry's to get alot of flavour

 

[Supra-Jim]

Raspberry wheat is a fairly common one too. Flavours would work well in that.

I do remember seeing a few times, barmen adding a generous splash of grenadine to pints of guinness for the ladies, so maybe try sitting down with a pint of stout and some grenadine, add a little , taste, add a little, taste and see what you think.

:icon_cheers: SJ

 

[petesbrew]

I did a mulberry stout the other year but it wasn't too crash hot. But I also want to do a raspberry stout anyway.

Do the search for fruit in beers threads.
With a stout you'll definitely need more fruit to shine through the stoutiness.

If anything, rack your stout into a secondary with the berries, as the primary strips a lot of flavour. That'll get your moneys worth.
I'd go easy on the hops, as you want to taste berries in this one.

Good luck
Pete

 

[sid]

thanks for the replies.........might need a lighter beer for this by the sound of it. I'll check out some morelinks on here about the fruit.