I've done a couple of fruity kits lately, here's what I found out:
Did a Pilsner lager kit and added 3 litres or a sainsbury mango, pineapple and passion fruit juice.
At first this was just too sour to really enjoy and after 3 or 4 weeks it became only just drinkable. In the hope of it improving further I left it alone. Several months later, F**K ME has this turned into a nice pint. A really nice mango fruit nose to it with only the slightest hint of sourness in the after taste which gives it a nice crisp edge. Definitely will do this again but it does need a long time to mature.
Also did 2 batches of a Cranberry and Raspberry beer.
One had a geordie yorkshire bitter kit, half a harvest bitter kit and 3 litres of the juice ( also Sainsbury juice) and the other had the same kit, 1 geordie and the other half of the harvest kit and 5 litres of cranberry and raspberry juice.
I was attempting to create an easy and cheap framboos style ale and this was a cracker from very early. No sourness like the fruity lager, just a really nice strong fruity tang to it. Didn't seem to be much difference between the 2 with different amounts of juice going in and the taste hasn't faded over time either. Another one I will defo do again.
Should mention the kits had sugar added as well to make the kit up as normal and just substituted the few litres of water with the fruit juice.
Conclusion: Experimenting is great and I'll carry on.
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