hiphops
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Has anyone ever made a good fruit beer?
I've made a few before, in particular, blueberry wheat beers. I am going to give it another shot. Unlike last time, I am going to puree the blueberries, pitch it into the carboy and rack on top in the secondary. The last time I made it, I added it with 5 - 10 minutes left in the boil. (In a 5 gallon batch, I used about 5 lbs of blueberries).
It turned out okay colorwise: had a nice purple color to it. However, it tasted like a cross between a wine and a beer.
It seems to me this is what you get when you add fruit to a beer: you add fermentables from the fruit, which when fermented produces a wine like flavor. In my judgment, this taste doesn't go well with beer.
That having been said, do fruit beers have within themselves the seeds of their own destruction? Has anyone made a good fruit beer? If so, what and more importantly, how did you do it?
Thanks everyone!
I've made a few before, in particular, blueberry wheat beers. I am going to give it another shot. Unlike last time, I am going to puree the blueberries, pitch it into the carboy and rack on top in the secondary. The last time I made it, I added it with 5 - 10 minutes left in the boil. (In a 5 gallon batch, I used about 5 lbs of blueberries).
It turned out okay colorwise: had a nice purple color to it. However, it tasted like a cross between a wine and a beer.
It seems to me this is what you get when you add fruit to a beer: you add fermentables from the fruit, which when fermented produces a wine like flavor. In my judgment, this taste doesn't go well with beer.
That having been said, do fruit beers have within themselves the seeds of their own destruction? Has anyone made a good fruit beer? If so, what and more importantly, how did you do it?
Thanks everyone!