lnhoskins

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So the swmbo talked me into brewing a raspberry ale. My ? Is, the instructions sat to add the flavor crap at bottling time, but I've read that sometimes the flavoring takes a while to "mellow", should I add it when I rack to secondary? Just lookin for som opinions

Fatrich

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I just made a raspberry wheat ( like abita purple haze) and I added it right before kegging and the flavor is AWESOME!!! I wouldnt use all 4 oz's though I used a little under 3 oz and it was just right.

BrewPilot74

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There's a good recipe on this website for a raspberry ale, link pasted below. I made it a couple years ago and it came out nicely. It uses actual raspberries in the secondary, the kind you get in the frozen food section at the grocery store for a few bucks a bag. For what it's worth, I think that part of the fun of homebrewing is using real ingredients so I prefer using real fruit to using a flavoring, but that's just me. Here's the link to the recipe:

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f75/requiem-raspberry-56285/

lnhoskins

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Thanks y'all! I may try the fresh fruit thing, I'm just not wanting it to come out tasting like Kool-aid is all.

TAPPOOL

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I brew a lot of wheat beer with the raspberry flavoring. The guys loved it at my last poker game. I always put it in right before I bottle. I use the entire bottle and it always comes out great. At least for me but everyone's taste is different.

starrfish

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Raspberry ESB uses 4lbs of thawed frozen raspberries in last 10 minutes of boil and transfer raspberries to primary has worked in a 5 gal ESB for me. The maltiness with the tartness of raspberries goes well, use any of the woody english hops that normally go into an ESB. Color turns almost garnet.

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