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It want it more subtle like Custom Brewcrafters made their raspberry wheat. I think I'll add five pounds equivilent of cherry extract to the secondary and cross my fingers. Would hefeweizen yeast be ok to use?

...or should I put it in primary and cut down sugar?

I guess what I'm asking is that I read other posts where people added to the secondary. How did it work out?

Yes but I wanted something that tastes less like a luden's cough drop. I wouldnt mind having like a hefewezen taste to it as well.

I was gonna use a Cooper's wheat ale kit (hopped) and i have some fresh from the farm pressed cherry juice. Is this a good idea and should I add no more sugar to the kit?

My friend, who I started brewing with, has stumbled upon a motherlode of hops that someone is growing next to his buddy's house. The owner said to take as much as you want. Are hops ok to freeze or is that a no no?

Never would have thought of paint filter bags... GENIUS!

No it's not. It's malt extract and hops with the coriander and orange peel. I was under the impression Sparging was for all grain.:confused:

I don't mean strain but pour the wort through a strainer.

I'm doing the "Who's in the Garden Grand Cru". It says to boil ingredients into the wort then sparge immediately into cold water and fermenter. Does that mean get a strainer for the solids then run hot water through it into the fermenter? I'm just not getting the Sparging meaning! It uses malt...

I'm reading "The Joy of Homebrewing". I want to make the Grand cru but I'm lost on Sparging. Is it when you strain the hops and other stuff out from the wort? Why do you rinse it in cold water after straining? Please pardon my ignorance in advance.

College won't have a thing to do with me but thanks for the vote of confidence.:fro:

First off, this is my first post here so forgive any noob ignorance on my behalf. I wish to make a try at the "Cherries in the Snow" recipe in "The Joy of Homebrewing". I do however wish to alter it to a wheat beer style. I was thinking of these substitutions ( the cherries I had no choice, only...