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bellevue kriek
Posted: Sunday Feb 04, 2007 12:03 am
by steve_n
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!
Posted: Sunday Feb 04, 2007 1:36 am
by NTRabbit
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.
Posted: Sunday Feb 04, 2007 3:20 pm
by steve_n
the coopers alternative sounds good. thanks for your help
Posted: Monday Feb 05, 2007 6:46 am
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)??
Posted: Monday Feb 05, 2007 9:19 am
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
-Phill
Posted: Monday Feb 05, 2007 9:59 am
by timmy
Nothing a strong bleach treatment will fix?
Or maybe you could throw in some 'topical ointment' from the chemists.....
Posted: Monday Feb 05, 2007 9:59 am
by KEG
what, even a soak in a real strong bleach/disinfectant won't fix it?
Posted: Monday Feb 05, 2007 11:32 am
by Pale_Ale
The issue I think is that plastic absorbs to some extent, but these Lambic yeasts must be some tough cookies to survive a sanitising!
Re: bellevue kriek
Posted: Monday Feb 05, 2007 11:54 am
by Boonie
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.
Posted: Monday Feb 05, 2007 12:03 pm
by Boonie
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.
http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/vi ... c&start=20