Help: How To Liven Up A Very Dull Wheat Beer

[IPeeAle]

Hi there

I brew mainly extract brews but wanted something quick to get into an empty keg. I brewed a Coopers Wheat Beer kit and, rather than mess about with it, just did it as per the instructions.

Anyway, it is come out very disappointing. 3.3% and dull as dishwater. It doesn't taste too bad, it just doesn't taste good either.

The thing is it has been primed and is in the keg (been in for about 10 days.) I've read lots of posts about adding fruit and other adjuncts to the secondary and I'm tempted to throw something into the keg. Most of the posts, however, suggest only leaving it on the fruit for a week or two, but once it is in the keg I haven't really got a way of getting it out again.

Should i just threw some fruit in there?

Thanks

[Rookie]

Hi there

I brew mainly extract brews but wanted something quick to get into an empty keg. I brewed a Coopers Wheat Beer kit and, rather than mess about with it, just did it as per the instructions.

Anyway, it is come out very disappointing. 3.3% and dull as dishwater. It doesn't taste too bad, it just doesn't taste good either.

The thing is it has been primed and is in the keg (been in for about 10 days.) I've read lots of posts about adding fruit and other adjuncts to the secondary and I'm tempted to throw something into the keg. Most of the posts, however, suggest only leaving it on the fruit for a week or two, but once it is in the keg I haven't really got a way of getting it out again.

Should i just threw some fruit in there?

Thanks

I would suggest using fruit juice which wouldn't leave any pulp behind to clog up the works.

[IPeeAle]

Thanks for the suggestion, i might well give that a go. It is only a pressure barrel tho and so there is not much to clog up. My concern was about leaving in the fruit that would inevitably settle to the bottom. I was thinking of briefly boiling up a little in a muslen bag and just chucking it in there. Would that do any good/harm?

[Rookie]

Thanks for the suggestion, i might well give that a go. It is only a pressure barrel tho and so there is not much to clog up. My concern was about leaving in the fruit that would inevitably settle to the bottom. I was thinking of briefly boiling up a little in a muslen bag and just chucking it in there. Would that do any good/harm?

Boiling fruit does something to the pectin that causes hazy beer. If looks are a concern I would go with a 15 to 20 minute steep at around 170f. But boiling the muslin bag before you put fruit in it would work to sanitize it.