Hey so just an update I still had some bottles from a batch I made about a year and a half ago and brought some to share with my local homebrew club.
One of our club members is a BJCP master judge. He liked it so much he asked me for the recipe. Personally, I think it has gone downhill a bit over such a long time, but it's still pretty damn tasty.
Maybe an odd question. When the beer is racked over the strawberries from the primary, do you rack everything on top? Both the beer and the yeast cake/trub?
I racked over strawberries in my secondary yesterday, but only racked the clean beer leaving the yeast cake on the bottom. Activity has picked up, but is there enough yeast in suspension to handle 4# of strawberries?
Great, thanks.. I started to get kind of worried after the fact! I guess even if it was a little short on yeast it sits so long it would eventually get consumed anyway??
I didnt rack the trub - just liquid. Still plenty of yeast suspended for both fructose fermentation and carbonation once primed.
I think I have ONE bottle of this left. Will miss it dearly... Next year, I want to make a sucrose/fructose mix to mash in with in addition to the fresh berries in the fermenter.
Loved this beer. Might remove some of the wheat next time.
Hello I brewed this beer a few weeks ago and I have now racked the beer onto the strawberries but I have taken the stopper off of my bucket and smelled the beer just to see what its like and my beer smells very strong like it sort of burns my nose when I smell it!! I was just wondering if anyone knows if this is normal or not? It still has at least a week or 2 until it should be ready to go to the keg. Any input would be appreciated! Thanks!
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