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It has happened... I brewed today! Just letting ya know..
NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I brewed it last weekend. I'll rack onto the berries on Sat or Sun.
It has happened... I brewed today! Just letting ya know..
I'm not really sure on this one, so ill let someone else a little more experienced handle that one. The strawberries will impart a little more sweetness, so I'd definitely taste it after its done on the berries before you do anything.I just racked this recipe on my 7 1/2 lbs frozen strawberries, base tasted ok but fermented to about 1005 and tasted sort of dry....on brew day I drank too much and didnt add my 1lb DME till way after I was supposed too. Anyway, I would like to add some lactose to make it a tad sweater, Could I add the lactose when I rack it off the strawberries?
I think you're ok keeping it upstairs. I kept mine in the basement, which was around 68ish. Wyeast AA2 is a great yeast on this brew! Good luck!Also, its now at about 49 F since I basically racked onto 8 pounds of ice cubes, I have it in my warmer upstairs now(65-70) but usually keep my beers in my 55 F Basement. What external temp should I keep it at for best results? Warm upstairs or cool downstairs? I am useing Wyeast american ale 2.
Thanks!
So, I started this on Tuesday and I'm having a hard time deciding whether to leave it as just a blonde or put it on strawberries. I was thinking doing this on strawberries and doing a batch of the centennial blonde. Or is that not enough variety for summer?
I moved this into my keg tonight. I was kind of disappointed that there wasn't really any pink coloring in the beer. It was a nice gold color though. It was on the strawberries for 6 days. I'm just hoping I still get some scent and flavor from the strawberries. I guess I'll just have to wait a couple weeks to find out.
Could you smell/taste the strawberries when you racked into the keg?
I didn't take a taste test, but I could smell a strong strawberry scent from the fermenting bucket, and a more mild scent from the keg. It wasn't an in your face scent. And I'm not sure if this matters but the strawberries weren't entirely white, but they definitely lost a decent amount of color and the airlock wasn't bubbling at all today. So I'm thinking it will be fine, but as a newer brewer I had a vision in my head of what to expect instead of just waiting for the experience to happen.
I realize this is an old thread but I'm hoping someone will still be able to help me out. Giving this one a try and just racked to my secondary. I did NOT rack the slurry though and just realized that that may have been a mistake. Am I supposed to be seeing activity in the secondary?
If I am supposed to and there is no activity, should I pitch some yeast into the secondary?
I just racked the beer off of the strawberries... this color is unreal! I cant wait to try it!
Wow!!! Now that is pink!!! Its weird, some people have it turn out really pink, others not so much. I wonder what causes some to be more pink than others. Which yeast did you use!
I just racked the beer off of the strawberries... this color is unreal! I cant wait to try it!
I brewed this and it was outstanding. Amazing full berry flavor and i just used 6lbs.
Problem is that the berry flavor faded quite a bit over the following month or so. I left about half of it out in the pantry where i carb and when i got to those they had a muted berry, kind of funky sour taste. Not off but not that appealing either.
Has anyone else experienced this? I will be depositing this directly in the beer fridge after bottle carbing next time.
That is exactly what mine looks like. That pink nindid my AG version and used S-05. This is the first time it has been this pink though and ive brewed it many many times.
Nope, you're fine. Don't rack the slurry. There's still plenty of yeasties available. You may or may not see any airlock activity. The goal is to impart the strawberry flavor. Generally, the yeast will ramp back up with the strawberry addition, but if it doesn't, its no big deal. How long has it been in secondary?
Awesome. Glad to hear that! It's been there for two days. I've heard different things on that. Some say a week and some 4 days. I wanted a more subdued flavor do only added 5 pounds of berries instead of 8.
There's your problem right there.. Never, under any circumstances, should you have any beer in your fridge/pantry for more than a month!! I really didn't notice any kind of funky tastes, I did notice that the berry flavor seemed to mellow out more after it sat for a few weeks.
I sit on a lot of beer...all the time. I brew too often to move it all out of inventory. Do you really drink all your brew in a matter of weeks? Ive had other fruit/veg beers that kept their flavors much longer. Just wondering if it was a tendency of strawberry... oh well Its a great recipe and ill do it again eventually.
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