Raspberry Hefeweizens are great, I'm thinking along the lines of Abita purple haze here. Smoking a hookah the other day with raspberry and rose tobacco, I realized how well these two flavors go together. A little bit of rose really enhances raspberry...so, I thought I would start with this:
6.6 lbs wheat DME
12 IBU hallertauer hops, single addition
WhiteLabs Hefe yeast
Oregon raspberry puree in secondary
So that's a pretty simple raspberry wheat. The question is, how much rose to add, and how to add it? I'm not sure whether I should use this very strong (and good) rose water stuff I have found at the local middle eastern deli, rose petals, or rose hips (which I've never even had). I'm leaning towards rose hips and petals, since I want the beer to have some color. But I've never even seen an actual rose hip, and haven't ever used rose petals in food - so I'm hoping some of you guys have some ideas or might have used roses before. So what do you think?
6.6 lbs wheat DME
12 IBU hallertauer hops, single addition
WhiteLabs Hefe yeast
Oregon raspberry puree in secondary
So that's a pretty simple raspberry wheat. The question is, how much rose to add, and how to add it? I'm not sure whether I should use this very strong (and good) rose water stuff I have found at the local middle eastern deli, rose petals, or rose hips (which I've never even had). I'm leaning towards rose hips and petals, since I want the beer to have some color. But I've never even seen an actual rose hip, and haven't ever used rose petals in food - so I'm hoping some of you guys have some ideas or might have used roses before. So what do you think?