You will need 1.5 kg + to start with m8 and as far as prep goes whack em in a pot at a steady 60-65*c for bout 30 mins before transfering to the 2nd to rack onto then leave in 2nd for at least 7-8 days and rack again into 3rd and let sit for another 7 days
shane_vor wrote:I'm probably about a step in front of you boonie.
I chose raspberries because I figured they'd give off more flavour than strawberries. I used a kilo, although it was suggested 1.5 at a minimum.
I hadn't considered racking for a third time, but guess I really should and today will be the day.
I'll rack this into glass to get a decent look at the colour.
I didn't use a stocking, just dumped the lot in after mashing up, don't use a tap in that particular bin so I guessed it wouldn't really matter.
I threw em str8 in as well and i did have to rack through a tap, got most of it out but the tap did block towards the end, i think next time i would probably syphon out as ive heard that even using a bag, once the fruit breaks up then it can still clog, all in all though like i said i just racked as normal and got most of it out
Havent tasted mine as yet but i plan to soon, its been in the bottle about 3 weeks so ill give it a couple more then post the taste notes for everyone, chris has tasted them so im sure he can let you know what they are like or just have a look at his blueberry wheat recipe and notes in the recipe section.
lethaldog wrote:Havent tasted mine as yet but i plan to soon, its been in the bottle about 3 weeks so ill give it a couple more then post the taste notes for everyone, chris has tasted them so im sure he can let you know what they are like or just have a look at his blueberry wheat recipe and notes in the recipe section.
That'd be good and we'll compare....I may have to force myself to have one prior to Xmas just to test of course
I'll be doing the strawberries this weekend.
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As an aside, I always put the fruit in at the begining of the ferment. Freeze the fruit first, that will force the water inside to become ice and rip open the cell walls so you can get all the sugars out. Then, if doing a concentrated boil, add the boiling wort to the fruit to pasturise it. You wont release the pectin,
(and by the way, you can activate pectin cold as well as hot but you need it in the presence of Calcium and a good acid. Thats why you add calcium chloride and ascorbic acid to jams. Besides which you can drop it using a gelitin if you have real issues)
Let it sit for ten minutes with the hot wort, then top up, check temp, pitch yeast and ferment in primary for 5 days. Transfer to secondary and drive on as normal.
If using a full boil, add about 7 litres of boiling wort (before you chill it) to the fruit to pasturise, Chill the the remaining wort, transfer and pitch. Carry on as above.
You will have a dry beer.
Raspberries and cherries are pretty powerful, strawberries kind of medium and blueberries medium. I also did a cranberry beery last year and think I will freeze some this year so I can make it year round.
I would like to point out that it is really recomended to pasturise the berries rather than risk a nasty infection to you or your beer.
Dogger
"Listening to someone who brews their own beer is like listening to a religous fanatic talk about the day he saw the light" Ross Murray, Montreal Gazette
I raked the raspberry pilsner the other day and sihponed off a sip to taste.
Wasn't too bad but I might add that although I ony used 1 kilo of fruit I think the recommended 2 kilos might have been a bit much.
Bloody thing's still bubbling away in the shed and clearing nicely, with a pink tinge of colour!
I put down a Coopers Blonde with 500g LDM and 500g of Dex boiled....yesterday. Heater at 18 degrees. 23 Litres liquid gold. Standard yeast.
At rack, I plan to put 500g's of Strawberries (maybe mashed or sliced dunno yet) boiled and put in a Stocking, to avoid shite in end product.
Do you guys have any suggestions in regards to the "Stocking" and or mashing/slicing?
This will be my New Years Beer, with a couple of others inbetween , so i am keen to make it spectacular.
Cheers
Boonie
Well I have racked the beer with 1.5kg of Strawberries.....no stocking.
They were left in pot for over an hour at about 60-70 degrees, when done, I used the Potato Masher to crush the berries. Did not plan on an hour but mates dropped in for a beer and a chat just as I started.
The temp on the fermenter has risen to 24 and the fish heater is set at 18. It has been bubbling since I racked it
I chopped off the heads of the strawberries and came to realise that 1.5 kg's is alot as they just fitted in the pot.
The smell was fantastic
I cannot wait for this one
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Boonie,
That hook thingamabob would be a racking cane i imagine, and no i dont use one i just rack from the tap with a hose/tube, next time i might syphon out though either with a cane or just the tube i use normally
lethaldog wrote:Boonie,
That hook thingamabob would be a racking cane i imagine, and no i dont use one i just rack from the tap with a hose/tube, next time i might syphon out though either with a cane or just the tube i use normally
Yeah I am just using the 10mm tube, works pretty well
Cheers
Boonie
A homebrew is like a fart, only the brewer thinks it's great.
Give me a flying headbutt.......
Well they finally are in the bottle and it smells fantastic
The frothy head had to be seen to be believed. They were the finest bubbles I have seen yet. I even went back to not using my 2 metre 10mm hose to try and stop the excessive frothing
I had a small tester before bottling and I think this will be awesome.
A little dry (To be expected) as some of the fellows have said, and bitter ,but all in all, is excellent.
The strawberry aroma and taste is something different.
Will posts further notes of taste, aroma.
A homebrew is like a fart, only the brewer thinks it's great.
Give me a flying headbutt.......
, so i am keen to make it 
spectacular.
