Riesling Ale

upperNY01brewer · Jun 30, 2011

I want to do a Riesling Ale, I resently had one at a local microbrewery and am interested in doing a partial Mash. They do theirs with grapes from a Finger Lakes winery but Im thinking I may use a wine concentrate, anybody have any opinions on how to go about this ?

biochemedic · Jun 30, 2011

I would brew and ferment the beer portion first, then add the grape concentrate after the primary fermentation finishes...then let it finish out and continue as you normally would.

bigbeergeek · Jul 1, 2011

...or just blend it with a good wine? Get a little oak with your grapes, and you can blend beer/wine in a glass first to get the flavor ratio where you want it. That's how I'd go about it, anyway.

RugenBrau · Jul 1, 2011

which microbrewry? Sounds interesting....keep us posted

killian · Jul 1, 2011

its gotta be custom brew crafters, I'm pretty sure they added the must(grape juice) to the fermenter toward the end of fermentation. Thats the way I would go. Do you keg?

upperNY01brewer · Jul 1, 2011

RugenBrau said:
which microbrewry? Sounds interesting....keep us posted

Custom Brewcrafters in Honeoye Falls NY

upperNY01brewer · Jul 1, 2011

killian said:
its gotta be custom brew crafters, I'm pretty sure they added the must(grape juice) to the fermenter toward the end of fermentation. Thats the way I would go. Do you keg?

Yeap your right Custom Brewcrafters...NO I do not keg.

RugenBrau · Jul 1, 2011

I keg. Why do you ask? This might be a nice project.

killian · Jul 2, 2011

Well if I was going to try this I would add some must right after high krausen and ferment out. Transfer to the keg, cold crash and pull off the yeast that dropped out. Then add some more must if needed.

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