Quick question.
Unfortunately I'm not near my recipe however I do have a question. I made a Blonde ale last year, brewed it 3 times with consistent results. This time around, I decided to add 4lbs of frozen strawberries to the secondary.
I went to keg it this weekend, siphoned a small taste sample out prior to kegging and it has a very, very fruit wine taste. Not really what I was shooting for, it's really bitter and I don't care for it much.
So, I transferred it to a carboy and placed it in the fridge. I'm hoping it will mellow out a bit. I have 2 weeks until I have people coming over and I am hoping that it will mellow out in that time.
I guess my question is, what did I do wrong? I followed the same recipe from previous batches that taste great, racked that from the primary into the secondary which had 4lbs of frozen strawberries in it. 1 week Primary, 2 weeks Secondary. Please tell me 2 more weeks will help.
As a back up plan, I have Strawberry extract that I got from a local brew shop. It smells a bit candy like, but it's better than the way it tastes now.
(This is really my first batch that I'm not happy with so really no big deal. I'm just wondering if this is what to expect when using real fruit in beer.)
Unfortunately I'm not near my recipe however I do have a question. I made a Blonde ale last year, brewed it 3 times with consistent results. This time around, I decided to add 4lbs of frozen strawberries to the secondary.
I went to keg it this weekend, siphoned a small taste sample out prior to kegging and it has a very, very fruit wine taste. Not really what I was shooting for, it's really bitter and I don't care for it much.
So, I transferred it to a carboy and placed it in the fridge. I'm hoping it will mellow out a bit. I have 2 weeks until I have people coming over and I am hoping that it will mellow out in that time.
I guess my question is, what did I do wrong? I followed the same recipe from previous batches that taste great, racked that from the primary into the secondary which had 4lbs of frozen strawberries in it. 1 week Primary, 2 weeks Secondary. Please tell me 2 more weeks will help.
As a back up plan, I have Strawberry extract that I got from a local brew shop. It smells a bit candy like, but it's better than the way it tastes now.
(This is really my first batch that I'm not happy with so really no big deal. I'm just wondering if this is what to expect when using real fruit in beer.)