m_c_zero
Well-Known Member
I've done several batches of beer and added raw fruit (frozen mostly) after the primary fermentation has completed. I've done several strawberry blondes in which I've added 4-5 lbs of frozen strawberries to the beer for a week after primary fermentation. The result is a delicious strawberry flavor, but a butt load of off-flavor that I can only perceive as tannins, very bitter. I most recently did a watermelon ale to which I added 3-4 lbs of cubed watermelon for about a week. The first few days sampling it, it tasted amazing. Bright crisp watermelon flavor. After a week, it tasted like strange caramel/vanilla combo.
Anyway, can't really pin down what I'm doing wrong. Maybe leaving the fruit in the beer too long? How do you guys/gals do it? Juice the fruits? Concentrates?
Anyway, can't really pin down what I'm doing wrong. Maybe leaving the fruit in the beer too long? How do you guys/gals do it? Juice the fruits? Concentrates?