bellevue kriek

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steve_n
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bellevue kriek

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hey everyone, just about to start my third brew and my wife is a massive fan of bellevue kriek. has anyone seen a recipe for this, or can give me starting points on where to go for this one...

cheers!
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The Bellevue Kriek is a Lambic, so its almost impossible to perfectly replicate (unless you want to sacrifice your fermenter to the Wyeast Lambic blend yeast).

I suggest making a Coopers Draught with 1kg of LDME, and then adding about 1-2kg of cherries when you rack to secondary for about a week.
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the coopers alternative sounds good. thanks for your help :D
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Post by timmy »

NTRabbit wrote:The Bellevue Kriek is a Lambic, so its almost impossible to perfectly replicate (unless you want to sacrifice your fermenter to the Wyeast Lambic blend yeast).
It's that bad (on the fermenter)??
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Post by DarkFaerytale »

i'v not used the blend personally but is very hard (almost impossible) to fully get out of your fermenter, especially plastic ones so all brews done in this fermenter from then on will most likely have a lambic infection

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Post by timmy »

Nothing a strong bleach treatment will fix?

Or maybe you could throw in some 'topical ointment' from the chemists.....
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what, even a soak in a real strong bleach/disinfectant won't fix it?
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The issue I think is that plastic absorbs to some extent, but these Lambic yeasts must be some tough cookies to survive a sanitising!
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Re: bellevue kriek

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steve_n wrote:hey everyone, just about to start my third brew and my wife is a massive fan of bellevue kriek. has anyone seen a recipe for this, or can give me starting points on where to go for this one...

cheers!
Click here.

http://www.grainandgrape.com.au/advance ... b&x=15&y=9

Not cheap. I did the "Triple" and had to wait, as taste improved dramatically over time.

Never had a bellevue that I can remember, but I imagine this would be a good starting point.
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NTRabbit wrote:The Bellevue Kriek is a Lambic, so its almost impossible to perfectly replicate (unless you want to sacrifice your fermenter to the Wyeast Lambic blend yeast).

I suggest making a Coopers Draught with 1kg of LDME, and then adding about 1-2kg of cherries when you rack to secondary for about a week.
Agree NTRabbit.

I did a Strawberry with Coopers Blonde and it turned out great.



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