IXVolt

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I have a bottle of strawberry extract that I need to use up, but I also wanted to make another batch of the lemon Ale that's just about gone.

So I was thinking of doing a 10 gallon brew, 5 being just the lemon ale which I would keg, and the other 5 I would add the extract at bottling.

How do you think the flavors would work together?

Here's the recipe I used last time which was a hit with all who tried it.

Lemon Ale

10.00 lb Pale Malt, 2 Row
1.00 lb Crystal Malt, 10L
0.75 oz Cascade [6.00%] (60 min)
0.75 oz Cascade [6.00%] (15 min)

Added lemon zest from 2 whole lemons, boiled for 15 minutes.


This next time in addition to the zest, I'm going to quarter the remaining lemons and toss them into the primary with the beer.

I also might use Willamette instead of cascade.

Any input on adding strawberry extract to this at bottling?

Benjibbad

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from my experiance with extracts is they add aroma but not flavor. You might want to try some oregon fruit puree if you are going for flavor.

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Primary 1: Cedrella Vanilla Porter
Primary 2: Empty
Primary 3: Empty
Primary 4: Coastal Red
Primary 5: Empty
Secondary 1: Empty
Secondary 2: empty
Secondary 3: empty
Keg1: Cherry Lambic
Keg2: A-10 IIPA
Keg3: Crazy Cuban Monk (Cedrella infused Tripel)
Keg4: Kolsch weisen hybrid

IXVolt

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Hmm... that's too bad.

So even though it's a "flavoring extract" it doesn't seem to impart much flavor?

I thought about the puree... but since I have the flavor extract already I am trying to find a beer for it.

Benjibbad

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Thats just my experiance, I used 8 oz in a Cherry wheat I made and It smelled great but didn't impart any flavors.

__________________
Primary 1: Cedrella Vanilla Porter
Primary 2: Empty
Primary 3: Empty
Primary 4: Coastal Red
Primary 5: Empty
Secondary 1: Empty
Secondary 2: empty
Secondary 3: empty
Keg1: Cherry Lambic
Keg2: A-10 IIPA
Keg3: Crazy Cuban Monk (Cedrella infused Tripel)
Keg4: Kolsch weisen hybrid