Recent content by renwickme

To deggenbe, are you referring to the amount I spent on grain? Otherwise I am not sure what you are asking, sorry for my ignorance.

I'd be interested to hear how the pale ale extract changes things. The pale ale/wheat combination seems to be popular right now.

Definitely a tartness if not a fruit flavor. Also adds a reddish hue to the color of the beer. Because cranberries aren't very sweet, I add honey to the brew. best comparison may be a Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic, with the fruitiness taken down a couple notches.

I live in Central Wisconsin, a hot "bed" of the cranberry industry. *Some friends of ours work for Ocean Spray, so we get cranberries galore. *To utilize this abundance of fruit I use cranberries as an essential ingredient in my American wheat beer. 1. *Crack the grain. 2. *Steep the grain...