Took an early sample after a week in the bottle, pretty fine tasting brew. I don't think it's as carbonated as I'd like it though at a volume of 2.1
yes this beer is amazing
I'm a first timer and love lambic so I decided to try and make my own.. My question is I followed a recipe for a pale ale but then boiled raspberries and sugar together then added it in, is the sugar going to kill the whole process? Please advise
I just tried Lindeman frambois and am excited to try my hand.I have a Pale ale,Cascade SMaSH (saf 05 yeast)in the primary right now.Any reason I can't throw this on top of 3lb of raspberries?
Brewed this over the weekend. Followed the recipe to the T but.....
1. My OG was 1.050 because I had an accidental wort spill and replaced the wort with water.
2. My primary exploded over night. I reused a yeast cake (which started fermenting within 45 minutes!) and had an airlock on there instead of a blow off tube. Woke up to a loud sound and saw that the stopper and airlock popped out of the carboy.
Looking forward to this. I may leave it in the primary for 14 days. eidt: is 14 days okay or should I rack it to the seconday in 7? Is there a benifit to rack in 7-days b/c of the raspberry addition?
Just made this as my first AG. OG was 1.044, a bit low but still 65% efficiency according to Beersmith. Made this by special request of the wife, but can't wait to try it myself.
JonnySax said:Hey everyone! Pretty much first time posting... but I've been on here a while!
I tweaked this recipe a bit using Beersmith... we'll see how it turns out.
I'm calling it "Red Tide Raspberry Amber Wheat"
6lb Wheat DE
2lbs Amber DE
14.4 oz Crystal 40L
2.4 oz Roasted barley
0.5 oz Northern brewer 60 min
0.25 oz Cascade 25 min
0.25 oz Cascade 5 min
40 oz frozen Raspberry fruit
White labs British Ale yeast WLP005
Est OG: 1.071
Brewing Day is TOMORROW!
Does anyone have a picture of the finished product in a glass? I see a lot of pictures of it racked to secondary but I'd love to see how dark it turns out when it's all finished. Thanks in advance!
thx997303 said:Just because it's been mentioned several times....Does this recipe taste anything like lindeman"s framboise?
I saw at least one person tried this recipe with lambic yeast. How did it turn out?
Anybody have any thoughts/suggestions on using a lambic yeast?
chiteface said:Just curious about the infection portion of this. I've brewed a few beers with fruit. One with blueberries that I had frozen and picked myself, which I just thawed out and threw in the secondary. It turned out great. I noticed on the picture with the infection, it looks like it was in plastic and wondered if it wasn't the berries, but the vessel. I never ferment in plastic because it is so easy to develop scratches which are like the Grand Canyon for bacteria to hide in at the most vulnerable stage of the process. I have a buddy who has lost two batches recently and this is the only thing we do differently. I have yet to have any issues. Any one else have any experience with this?
I soaked frozen blackberries in brandy for my other one, but really feel like the brandy leached the flavor from the berries instead of adding a brandy flavor.JonnySax said:for my berries, I tossed mine in some 151 before racking to the secondary. I use plastic and I make sure I clean mine with cotton or soft stuff. this was only my first batch with plastic, so lets hope I can keep the scratches to a minimum.
UPDATE! After two weeks of Keg conditioning in the fridge, my wife and I tried our brew last night... it was wonderful! I think it will only get better with age. It starts with nice full malty body then the sweetness of the malt and the raspberry comes in... not too much though. Then it finished with a nice spicy tartness from the berries and the hops. I like my beers malty and slightly sweet, so this is GREAT! This WILL be brewed again!
This sounds great JonnySax, I think I am going to give this a try in about a month and hopefully have it at the perfect age for the summer. I also like that full malt body with the contributed sweetness. I was thinking of possibly doing 30 oz. raspberry and 10 oz. blackberry. I think those two berries go very well together and I am curious to see how they play together in a brew like this.
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