Has anyone tried this - fruit flavored water in beer

**budbo** · 06-06-2008, 01:34 AM

So there I was drinking a fruit 2-o and I says to myself "Self, I wonder if this would work as sparge water in a light fruity brew"

Anyone ever try it?

**EdWort** · 06-06-2008, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by budbo

So there I was drinking a fruit 2-o and I says to myself "Self, I wonder if this would work as sparge water in a light fruity brew"

Anyone ever try it?

Nichts! Kein Obst in Bier! Reinheitsgebot!!!

Interesting concept though, but I think it would go south in the boil.

Hoosierbrewer · 06-06-2008, 02:03 AM

Expensive?

Chello · 06-06-2008, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Hoosierbrewer

Expensive?

Yes

*filler*

JavaBeans · 06-06-2008, 02:58 PM

Just so you are aware, most artificial sweeteners lose some sweetness when you heat them.

Sparging a wheat with a lemon fruit20 doesn't sound horrible though. Expensive, but not horrible...

**Yuri_Rage** · 06-06-2008, 03:07 PM

Artificial sweeteners are also completely unfermentable. So, you may be sweetening your beer beyond repair.

**olllllo** · 06-06-2008, 03:12 PM

So maybe adding it post-fermentation is the answer.