this has potential to be a really great beer. You could always add some maltodexterin if you think its going to overattenuate although at 158 i think you will have plenty of dextrins in the wort already
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I fermented a pale ale in a old Dr.Pepper syrup barrel, even though I soaked the crap out of it my pale ale still tasted like Dr. Pepper in the end, it didn't do anything for me.
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wow, tha more I drink, tha more cohernet you all are!
and stufffff.
I hear the flavor from dr pepper comes from prune juice... What about adding some prune juice? Seems better to me than adding all the preservatives and such from a commercial soda, into your wort.
The fact that a company that has its recipe cut in half and locked in vaults in separate cities denies that something is in their product doesn't really hold much weight.
I fermented a pale ale in a old Dr.Pepper syrup barrel, even though I soaked the crap out of it my pale ale still tasted like Dr. Pepper in the end, it didn't do anything for me.
You might be onto something there. Although you were trying to avoid the Dr. Pepper taste, it might be applicable in this situation. Just like how rootbeer permanently taints a keg, I'd bet Dr. Pepper does the same thing. If you can get an old corny keg used for DR. P, or a syrup pail you might be in business. Then you don't have to worry about the sweetness or sugars making the beer thin.
Its just like oak aging...except Dr. Pepper style.
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Max Wolheim (mwolheim@aol.com), who "can't guarantee the accuracy of
any of this," posted this interesting article (with a small caveat) on
June 20, 1999:
Yes, I've heard the "23 fruit flavors" of Dr. Pepper [sic] for years.
I can tell you this is nonsense! I can't reveal the source (he'd get
fired), but here is a list of some of the real flavoring ingredients:
Vanillin (imitation vanilla)
Extract of almond
denatured rum (no joke)
Oil of orange
lactic acid (optional; once listed separately from
"flavorings")
Max goes on to say: "None of this is will be confirmed by the PR
people of the company, who reply with the evasive 'Dr. Pepper contains
neither rum nor vanilla.' Substitutions are possible, depending on
the bottler, so that Dr. Pepper in one part of the country might not
taste quite the same as in some others. But denatured rum is
universal to the formula." Take it for what it's worth.
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