Strawberry Beer?

[tk75]

I purchasd my first strawberry plant the other day, mainly for just using in desserts, etc. but then I had a thought...wonder what a strawberry flavoured beer would taste like??
Has anyone used strawberries in their brewing ingredients? I'm not into AG yet so a kit and extract recipe is what I'm looking for. Suggestions...
Cheers! :icon_cheers:

 

[Tyred]

From memory bconnery make strawbeery. I think he mentioned it recently in winkles thread about blueberry wit. A search for strawbeery might show the thread.

You'd probably be best off with a neutral hopped type of beer. Wheat or perhaps blonde (?) might be good for a base.

 

[petesbrew]

The coopers Blonde kit is a good base.
Have a search for the fruit in beers thread, or raspberry ales.
From what I've heard, you need a lot of strawberries, compared to raspberries.

 

[bconnery]

I do indeed make a strawberry beer. You need a lot of them. I use 2.5kgs absolute minimum, preferably more like 4.
You don't get a strong flavour, more an addition to the wheat.
I made it as a trial early on in my homebrewing days and it has been so popular with the family I've made one every year...

Extract wise go with a wheat beer is my preference, but coopers blonde could also work well.
If wheat then a kit or else just plain wheat extract.
I prefer noble hops like hallertau or tettnanger for these beers.
Yeast, k97 or wb06, fermented a little cooler. I prefer not to have the strong wheat flavours coming through.

Strawberries in secondary for a week, then rack to leave behind more of the bits and bottle/keg.

There is more info in the thread mentioned before.

 

[Paul H]

There is no place for fruit in beer

 

[trevc]

There is no place for fruit in beer

Come on now, surely the BIAB boys need something to drink while they're busy sewing

 

[Adamt]

BURNT.

Continuing the burnination; if it's a kit beer you may as well throw fruit in it.

 

[trevc]

I'd better be careful... don't want to wake up one day enclosed in a big swiss voile bag floating out to sea

 

[tk75]

Well it seems I'm going to have to get some more plants!! I'm more leaning towards a Blonde instead of wheat and I wonder if I should use us05??

 

[Swinging Beef]

There is no place for fruit in beer

<_< nah....

 

[trevc]

I thought they only used the rind? doesn't count

 

[Adamt]

Fine then... I'll say it!

Hoegaarden is a girls' beer.

So is lambic kriek, lambic framboise, etc.

 

[Effect]

A brew pub down the road from me has a strawberry blonde and coffee bean dark ale on tap

Tastes nice!

 

[Swinging Beef]

I thought they only used the rind? doesn't count

Its true, but have you ever tried peeling a stawberry?

Yeah, sure its a girls beer. I happen to like girls.

 

[trevc]

Yeah, sure its a girls beer. I happen to like girls.

Everyone knows the guys brewing strong Belgians are getting laid more than the ones making fluffy wheat beers

 

[WitWonder]

A brew pub down the road from me has a strawberry blonde and coffee bean dark ale on tap

Tastes nice!

We're still talking about beer, right??

 

[Swinging Beef]

Everyone knows the guys brewing strong Belgians are getting laid more than the ones making fluffy wheat beers

Hmm.. we had better shut up... the off topic Pillow Pants will be by any minute...