Brewing a watermelon ale today

[WahineArt]

I haven't posted in a while so I thought I would share what I'm doing right now.

I'm brewing a blond ale extract recipe. After it's done fermenting, I will let it sit on top of about 10 lbs of watermelon in the secondary. I sure hope it turns out! Anyone tried brewing a watermelon ale without using watermelon flavor extract?

 

[user 30639]

I've seen recipes that call for 6-8 cups of fresh watermelon juice. Never done it myself.


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[chickypad]

I brew a batch of watermelon wheat at least once a summer. I've settled on 5 cups fresh juice per 5 gal for a what I think is a nice flavor but not too much.

 

[jtratcliff]

Look for DubbelDach's Watermelon Wheat in the recipe section here... Lots of feedback on how to use the watermelon... with and without extract. I'm not a huge wheat beer fan, but I enjoyed this one... In fact, might have to make it again soon.

As I recall, I used about 8 cups of fresh squeezed watermelon juice in secondary.... no extract. Fermentation kicked back up again pretty good. Turned very pink at first bit the color settled into a nice wheat color with only a hint of pink after a few days or so in 2ndary.