cherry flavoring or frozen tart cherries.

pwellbball said:

I have a decision to make. I have a bottle of cherry flavoring and a pouund of frozen tart cherries. Which should I use to flavor my sorghum based beer? Its a simple recipe for a friend.

6.6 lbs srghum syrup
.5oz summit (60 min.)
.5 willemette (10 min.)

Safale 5

I have made a similar recipe before. I just wanted to add some cherry flavor. I was hoping for a cherry wheat type profile for the flavoring. Any suggestions would be appreiated.

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TwoFortySX said:

I think that if you want the cherry flavor to come through from the actual cherries that you are going to need more than a pound. You could try a mixture of both. Add the frozen cherries to the secondary for a week or so. When you bottle it give it a quick taste and maybe add the artificial flavoring to add a little depth to the actual cherries until you get a flavor that you like.

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gregger said:

When people say "add the blah blah blah to the secondary whatever" are they just dropping them in directly or are they being steeped in nylon, mesh, or a grain bag of some kind?

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gregger said:

When people say "add the blah blah blah to the secondary whatever" are they just dropping them in directly or are they being steeped in nylon, mesh, or a grain bag of some kind?

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DKershner said:

I just add them directly.

Also, realize that one of the options is going to increase your ABV fairly significantly. I would base your decision on that more than anything else.

Also, 1lb will be recognizeable, but faint. 2lbs is more standard and will be the bulk of the taste.

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pwellbball said:

Thanks folks. I think I will use a combination of the two. The pound of tart and some of the liquid flavoring. I will repost when I sample it.

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