anteup02
Active Member
My girlfriend has asked me to make a strawberry beer for her. I think it is only fair since she helps me when i need help (holding the strainer, pouring in extract while i stir, etc....)
I thought i could just do this with a wheat beer. My plan was to just take a recipe for a wheat bear and then do a secondary and add strawberries. I had a couple of questions....
1 - How many strawberries would I want to put in a 5 gallon batch?
2 - I am worried if i add strawberries at this stage I may risk infecting the beer as the strawberries may not be completely clean even if i rinse them. Is there a good way around this?
I am not set on adding strawberries in the secondary, if you feel it is better to add them during the boil please let me know, any information is appreciated, I will probably make a few smaller batches of this stuff to experiment, but wanted to get some input here first!
I thought i could just do this with a wheat beer. My plan was to just take a recipe for a wheat bear and then do a secondary and add strawberries. I had a couple of questions....
1 - How many strawberries would I want to put in a 5 gallon batch?
2 - I am worried if i add strawberries at this stage I may risk infecting the beer as the strawberries may not be completely clean even if i rinse them. Is there a good way around this?
I am not set on adding strawberries in the secondary, if you feel it is better to add them during the boil please let me know, any information is appreciated, I will probably make a few smaller batches of this stuff to experiment, but wanted to get some input here first!