let me start by saying that I hate fruit in beer. It just is not my thing. Now, SWMBO is a different story. She had a cherry beer (she thinks it was a lambic) that was very cherry flavored. I thought I'd try to brew her a strawberry beer.
I made a basic pale ale and planned on racking 2.5 gallons on a couple pounds of strawberries and see what I get. Then I remembered, she described the beer she had as "like drinking a beer with a cherry lifesaver in your mouth".
So, that got me thinking, has anyone tried (or would there be a problem with) adding lifesaver(s) to a batch? My thought is to bottle some of this beer (I usually keg) with different flavor lifesavers and see what I get. The lifesavers I bought are sugar free, so I thought I'd put a little priming sugar and a different flavor lifesaver to each bottle.
What do you think? Has anyone tried to flavor beer in any way like this, or is there a problem with this experiement?
I made a basic pale ale and planned on racking 2.5 gallons on a couple pounds of strawberries and see what I get. Then I remembered, she described the beer she had as "like drinking a beer with a cherry lifesaver in your mouth".
So, that got me thinking, has anyone tried (or would there be a problem with) adding lifesaver(s) to a batch? My thought is to bottle some of this beer (I usually keg) with different flavor lifesavers and see what I get. The lifesavers I bought are sugar free, so I thought I'd put a little priming sugar and a different flavor lifesaver to each bottle.
What do you think? Has anyone tried to flavor beer in any way like this, or is there a problem with this experiement?