avic-bourne
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Basically I've been experimenting with making banana beer and I've made a bit of a mistake which I'm looking for some ideas to rectify!
The situation is the first batch I made I added the banana in the initial stage in the brewing bin. It turned out that the flavour of banana took a punishing from the aggression of the fermentation.
The second (current) batch I decided to add the banana to the secondary (in an attempt to retain more of the flavour) by syphoning the beer into a new fermenting bin minus the sediment but adding the frozen then blended banana. This was then mixed to release flavour. That was yesterday. Today it started a smaller fermentation but after trying it I've realised I've made a mistake. The brew is to sweet. I did add further sugar because I wanted it a bit sweeter but also I suppose the sugar from the bananas wasn't broken down as thoroughly as the first batch.
So is there a way I can reduce the sugar content like you would add a potato to a over sweetened soup? I know the fermentation its got left will help but not sure it will reduce the sweetness to the desired amount.
Any suggestions are welcome!!
The situation is the first batch I made I added the banana in the initial stage in the brewing bin. It turned out that the flavour of banana took a punishing from the aggression of the fermentation.
The second (current) batch I decided to add the banana to the secondary (in an attempt to retain more of the flavour) by syphoning the beer into a new fermenting bin minus the sediment but adding the frozen then blended banana. This was then mixed to release flavour. That was yesterday. Today it started a smaller fermentation but after trying it I've realised I've made a mistake. The brew is to sweet. I did add further sugar because I wanted it a bit sweeter but also I suppose the sugar from the bananas wasn't broken down as thoroughly as the first batch.
So is there a way I can reduce the sugar content like you would add a potato to a over sweetened soup? I know the fermentation its got left will help but not sure it will reduce the sweetness to the desired amount.
Any suggestions are welcome!!