Blueberry wheat and cherry blonde
Posted: Thursday Jan 12, 2006 10:33 am
Blueberry Wheat
Wal wheat concentrate (any generic wheat will do)
1kg morgans liquid wheat extract
250g maltodextrin
250g dextrose
Added all ingredients to the pot and boiled.
Yeast was pitched at 22*C.
After 5 days in primary, racked onto 1.5kg of blueberries.
Blueberries were the supermarket frozen variety. I put them into the pot, added some water, and heated. They were on the stove for approx. 30 minutes. I made sure to keep the temperature BELOW 70*C. I then used a potato masher, and gave them a good mashing. I then poured them into a muslin bag and put it (and the liquid) into my racking fermenter.
I racked my wheat beer on top of the blueberry mixture.
After 10 days, I bottled, with 1 blueberry in every bottle.
It took 3 weeks for these to carbonate fully, and 3 months for them to develop their flavour.
The result was a lightly hopped, very distinct blueberry flavoured beer, with deep purple colour, and disturbing light purple head. Tasty!
Cherry Blonde
I am proposing to make the recipe as follows:
Can of Coopers Canadian Blonde
1kg liquid pale male
250 LDM
250 dextrose
Brew as per above, except using lager yeast.
Rack onto 1.5kg frozen cherries, prepared as above.
Wal wheat concentrate (any generic wheat will do)
1kg morgans liquid wheat extract
250g maltodextrin
250g dextrose
Added all ingredients to the pot and boiled.
Yeast was pitched at 22*C.
After 5 days in primary, racked onto 1.5kg of blueberries.
Blueberries were the supermarket frozen variety. I put them into the pot, added some water, and heated. They were on the stove for approx. 30 minutes. I made sure to keep the temperature BELOW 70*C. I then used a potato masher, and gave them a good mashing. I then poured them into a muslin bag and put it (and the liquid) into my racking fermenter.
I racked my wheat beer on top of the blueberry mixture.
After 10 days, I bottled, with 1 blueberry in every bottle.
It took 3 weeks for these to carbonate fully, and 3 months for them to develop their flavour.
The result was a lightly hopped, very distinct blueberry flavoured beer, with deep purple colour, and disturbing light purple head. Tasty!
Cherry Blonde
I am proposing to make the recipe as follows:
Can of Coopers Canadian Blonde
1kg liquid pale male
250 LDM
250 dextrose
Brew as per above, except using lager yeast.
Rack onto 1.5kg frozen cherries, prepared as above.