Fruit beer

[mysterio]

I was going to brew this Kolsch-type beer today but my outside pipes & hose were frozen up

It looks a bit boring as it is so I think i'm going to throw some frozen raspberries into the secondary as an experiment. I was thinking about 2 - 2.5 kilos, does that sound about right? Where's the cheapest place to buy frozen raspberries, any ideas

Raspberry Beer
Fruit Beer

Type: All Grain
Date: 28/10/2006
Batch Size: 5.10 Imp gal
Boil Size: 5.84 Imp gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.0

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.20 kg Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (1.3 SRM) Grain 91.2 %
0.50 kg Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 8.8 %
70.00 gm Tettnang [4.00%] (60 min) Hops 26.5 IBU
1 Pkgs Safale US-56 Yeast-Ale
2 kg Frozen Raspberries, added to secondary

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.050 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.9 %
Bitterness: 26.5 IBU Calories: 211 cal/pint
Est Color: 3.0 SRM Color: Color

Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out Total Grain Weight: 5.70 kg
Sparge Water: 3.83 Imp gal Grain Temperature: 22.2 C
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C TunTemperature: 22.2 C
Mash PH: 5.4 PH

Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Mash In Add 14.87 L of water at 71.9 C 65.6 C 75 min

[tubby_shaw]

What is a Kolsch anyway

It's a golden / amber ale brewed in Cologne using lager ingredients temperature stepped mash but top fermented. Bloody lovely it is too

[shiny beast]

I put 5 bags of frozen raspberries (350 grams each) into a wheat beer. Left them in the secondary for about 2 weeks. Came out with a nice red colour and sharp taste. Got mine from Sainsburys. Can't remember how much they were, but don't think the price varies much.
Only brewed it cos the Missus said she liked fruit beer. Still got 1/2 a keg sitting in the fridge.

[mysterio]

I'm brewing the Kolsch at the moment. I still don't know whether i'll bother with the raspberries, we'll see!

Like tubby said, it's Cologne's native beer - very nice stuff.

[shiny beast]

I don't think i'll be trying my hand at any more fruit beer. Glad i gave it a go and was fairly pleased with the results. However it's not the sort of beer you drink everyday and takes up valuable corni space.

[mysterio]

Dumped in 2 kilos of raspberries last night. We'll see what happens. No real fermentation activity yet.

[shiny beast]

Going to be fun getting those raspberries out afterwards.

[mysterio]

That never even occured to me

[shiny beast]

They do go very mushy after a short time, so hopefully you can stick a hose pipe in the neck and give them a blast. The other slightly annoying thing is that some of them sink to the bottom and some float. Makes syphoning interesting.

[maxashton]

I think you've gone a bit fruity.

[mysterio]

Hmm, there's no activity in the airlock yet. Time to re-pitch some yeast?

[tubby_shaw]

Hmm, there's no activity in the airlock yet. Time to re-pitch some yeast?

Couldn't hurt

[EasyBrew]

Shiny beast if you don't want to make 5 gallons, why not syphon off 1 gallon into a secondary fermenter and add your fruit then. Then bottle it. Fruit beers do need quite a bit of maturation to get the best out of them, and do seem to taste better when bottled.

[mysterio]

were they frozen rasberrys?

Yep, I think I might have shocked the yeast.