cherries

[tarheels]

I have 8 pounds of cherries, what should i do with them.

 

[McKBrew]

You could work them into a wheat beer or stout of some sort, but working with fresh fruit does require some special steps to ensure that the fruit is clean. What about cherry apfelwein?

 

[Tonedef131]

I just made a cherry cider and it rules. Just put them in with 4 or 5 gallons of apple juice.

 

[Bombo80]

I used cherries and raspberries, in a lager, earlier this year. See the fruit beer section for my CherrBerr Lager. If I had that amount of cherries, I would just make a cherry lager, with the recipe I used before. And, yes, there are special steps that need to be taken, when using fruit.

Good luck

 

[tarheels]

what are the special steps to take when using fresh fruit

 

[BigKahuna]

Ok....So I'm not going to say "MAKE MEAD!"...I don't really like Cherry Mead.

BUT...


I'm growing quite fond of sour Fruit beer. Cherry Lambic might be a bit overkill, but why not a sour mash with Cherries in the secondary?