Torchiest
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I've been away from brewing and the forum for months because all this real life stuff happened. I bought a new house and moved into it, but now I'm getting ready to get back in the game! Now, on to the problem.
I have a fruit beer that I brewed about four months ago, my last batch before the hiatus, as a matter of fact. I kept in the primary for a few weeks, then pasteurized some fruit and added them to a secondary, where it stayed for almost three weeks. Then I racked to a tertiary, and had plans to try to do my first keg of beer. Well, all this real life stuff came along, and I kept putting it off and putting it off. I was going to bottle or keg it before we moved, then I said I'd do it the last day when we'd gotten everything out of our apartment, then I decided to do it after we moved.
I had a plan to keg it for our housewarming party, but when I looked at the carboy after two weeks in the new house, I saw white floaties on top! So, I scratched that plan and decided to just ice down a bunch of my cider instead. Now, I've got five gallons of probably sour beer, and I don't know what to do with it. Am I in a position to do some kind of lambic style beer now, or is there any other hope for this beer? I'd really hate to dump it after all this time. Maybe sourness would taste okay with raspberry-flavored beer?
I've been away from brewing and the forum for months because all this real life stuff happened. I bought a new house and moved into it, but now I'm getting ready to get back in the game! Now, on to the problem.
I have a fruit beer that I brewed about four months ago, my last batch before the hiatus, as a matter of fact. I kept in the primary for a few weeks, then pasteurized some fruit and added them to a secondary, where it stayed for almost three weeks. Then I racked to a tertiary, and had plans to try to do my first keg of beer. Well, all this real life stuff came along, and I kept putting it off and putting it off. I was going to bottle or keg it before we moved, then I said I'd do it the last day when we'd gotten everything out of our apartment, then I decided to do it after we moved.
I had a plan to keg it for our housewarming party, but when I looked at the carboy after two weeks in the new house, I saw white floaties on top! So, I scratched that plan and decided to just ice down a bunch of my cider instead. Now, I've got five gallons of probably sour beer, and I don't know what to do with it. Am I in a position to do some kind of lambic style beer now, or is there any other hope for this beer? I'd really hate to dump it after all this time. Maybe sourness would taste okay with raspberry-flavored beer?