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Making a fruit-juice infused blonde ale, what yeast?

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the-adjunct-hippie

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The fiancee wants some fruity beers and doesn't particularly like the IPA's I brew as they are too bitter (my favorite style to brew). I decided for her I'd start with a blonde ale base, and I picked up some wildberry fruit juice concentrate (apple, raspberry, and pineapple juices in the ingredients). Right now I've started my mash with a target batch of 3 gallons, and I've used 3 lbs of Maris Otter as a base, 1.5 lbs of Flaked Rice (for clarity and crispness), and .5 lbs of Cara Munich II for color.

I'm mashing at 152 *F. I opened the fridge and realized I'm all out of US-05 and while I ordered some just now, it won't be here in time.

What I do have on hand :

S-04
WB-06
T-58

I'm leaning towards the WB-06 for its estery characteristics :)ban:) but perhaps the S-04 would be better overall.

She really likes Redd's Ales so I'm kind of aiming for that kind of sweetness, but with lots more character and a more crafty type of beer.

Thanks!
 
i've done a blonde with rasberry extract using s-04, as long as youre keeping the ferment temps in the upper 60's not lower 70's it's great. I'd maybe shy away from the 06 and it's esthers, as this will add bannana to the slightly tart fruit list in the concentrate. creative, but maybe a bit too much.
 

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