wstein

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I am thinking of doing like a cherry or raspberry wheat next. I want to know which is better the fruit extract or the purree. One HBS near my house has the extract only, while the HBS near my work has the puree.

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Paul
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The difference between INVOLVED and COMMITTED is like having bacon and eggs for breakfast.

The chicken was involved, but the pig is committed.

Primary
nada
nada
Secondary
nada
nada
Bottled
SPNA Clone, Anchor Our Special Ale (1995), London Cream Ale, American Virgin Raspberry Wheat, Munich Monkey Ale, Bones Brown Ale
Up Next
a Hobgoblin Ale clone or a chocolate stout

david_42

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I've done one batch with extract and will never use it again. Fresh, frozen or canned for me.

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DesertBrew

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I did one puree with the wife's apricot wheat and it sucks. I usually use syrup and that's no winner either but she likes it. I think with the puree, honey perhaps should have been added at least with apricot? Damn thing cost me about $30 via all-grain + puree already. She gets pyramid from now on, it's cheaper .

sailman

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http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f37/raspberry-wheat-bottled-11007/

BLG just did a cherry (extract) & raspberry (purree) pm her she would love to tell you about it

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Bottled: Cherry Wheat
Bottled: Raspberry Wheat
Bottled: Traditional Mead
Bottled: Cheesefood's Caramel Cream Ale

Fermentor (2): Common Cider
Secondary: Holiday Cider

Beer Snob

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My first Cherry Wheat I did use the extract. Many years ago and it was not the greatest... kinda like cough syrup. This past Januaryish I made another one with the puree and I really liked it. You add it to the secondary and make sure you have a lot of space. It will go through a secondary fermentation so you dont want to put it in a 5 gallon fermentor.

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Michael

"Don't worry, have a homebrew." ,"The "Bible"

Cherries in the wheat
Michael's Wheat

wstein

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Ok, good to know. I was leaning towards the puree over the extract. About how much puree do I need to use? I seem to remember reading something like 42 oz in the secondary.

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Paul
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The difference between INVOLVED and COMMITTED is like having bacon and eggs for breakfast.

The chicken was involved, but the pig is committed.

Primary
nada
nada
Secondary
nada
nada
Bottled
SPNA Clone, Anchor Our Special Ale (1995), London Cream Ale, American Virgin Raspberry Wheat, Munich Monkey Ale, Bones Brown Ale
Up Next
a Hobgoblin Ale clone or a chocolate stout

BrewProject

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i used 3 lbs of cherry puree in my wheat beer... won't be able to taste until this weekend when i bottle, but i heard the puree is a much better flavor.

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Primary 1:
Blue Moon Clone

Primary 2:
Nut Brown Ale

Secondary 1:
Available

Secondary 2:
Available

Kegged and Drinking:
American IPA, Special Holiday Ale

Bottled and Drinking:
Irish Red Ale, Summer Saison Belgian Ale, Pumpkin Ale, Fat Tire Clone

Planning: Chiplote Ale, Blueberry Wheat, Cherry Stout, Chocolate Cherry Stout and been thinking about something crazy like a Wintergreen Stout

Exo

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I just used apricot puree in my wheat beer. Smells wonderful, but like BrewProject I won't know until bottle time and drinking time. I'm being patient...but the smell is heavenly.

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Primary:
doh!
Secondary:
Wasp Bitten IPA (a Walker-San clone);Cheesefood's Caramel Creme; Wee Heavy Scottish Ale;
Bottled/Conditioning:
Flyin' Hornet Pale Ale(Mirror Pond clone);Oktoberfest Ale
Drinking:
Boom-Boom Apricot Hefeweisen; Forbidden Ale;Pale-Ass Ale (SNPA Clone); Ol' Man Winter Ale
On-deck:
Dead Guy clone
Planning:
Walker's Espresso Stout; BrewPastor's Bastard Lager

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But honey, how else am I going to get enough bottles for my next batch? *burp*...*fart*

Beer Snob

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I used the whole can of puree in the secondary. The secondary fermentation was longer then the primary

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Michael

"Don't worry, have a homebrew." ,"The "Bible"

Cherries in the wheat
Michael's Wheat

BrewProject

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unfortunately, i did not get any bubbling from my secondary. my ABV when racking was only 3.5%, so i was hoping for some more action.

Anyway, here's to hoping i don't have my lid on air tight and some more fermentation occurred. Will find out this Saturday when I bottle my Cherry Wheat

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Primary 1:
Blue Moon Clone

Primary 2:
Nut Brown Ale

Secondary 1:
Available

Secondary 2:
Available

Kegged and Drinking:
American IPA, Special Holiday Ale

Bottled and Drinking:
Irish Red Ale, Summer Saison Belgian Ale, Pumpkin Ale, Fat Tire Clone

Planning: Chiplote Ale, Blueberry Wheat, Cherry Stout, Chocolate Cherry Stout and been thinking about something crazy like a Wintergreen Stout