lovemybrew
Active Member
I made a partial mash - american wheat. The goal was to split and make 2 different brews (1/2 honey wheat and 1/2 peach wheat). I've made around 15 batches in the past of different beers, so I'd say I'm not a newbie but not an expert....
it is however the first I've tried adding honey or fruit to a beer.
2 lbs weyermann wheat
2 lbs vienna
.5 carahell
3 lbs wheat dme
3056 bavarian wheat yeast
after primary, I transferred to secondary. for the honey wheat, I dilluted about 3/4 lb orange blossom honey in warm water, added to the secondary and transferred beer in.
for the peach, I used 3 lbs of oregon peach puree, put in seconday and transferred the rest of the batch in.
Today I bottled, and tasted both. The honey wheat is interesting, almost a cider taste - dry. I wouldn't say I can pick out honey but it's 'different'.
The peach on the other hand... tastes sour to me. I'm not sure what it's going to do after carbonating, if it will get any better or not. But right now, it's got a definate sour taste to me. So my question is, what did I do wrong?
After reading (prior to making the beer) I knew that peach is a light taste, and I didn't expect an overpowering peach taste, but I definately didn't expect sour....
it is however the first I've tried adding honey or fruit to a beer.
2 lbs weyermann wheat
2 lbs vienna
.5 carahell
3 lbs wheat dme
3056 bavarian wheat yeast
after primary, I transferred to secondary. for the honey wheat, I dilluted about 3/4 lb orange blossom honey in warm water, added to the secondary and transferred beer in.
for the peach, I used 3 lbs of oregon peach puree, put in seconday and transferred the rest of the batch in.
Today I bottled, and tasted both. The honey wheat is interesting, almost a cider taste - dry. I wouldn't say I can pick out honey but it's 'different'.
The peach on the other hand... tastes sour to me. I'm not sure what it's going to do after carbonating, if it will get any better or not. But right now, it's got a definate sour taste to me. So my question is, what did I do wrong?
After reading (prior to making the beer) I knew that peach is a light taste, and I didn't expect an overpowering peach taste, but I definately didn't expect sour....