Strawberry Pale Ale Reprise.........

[WalesAles]

Wales did you have to strain the beer at all or did the fruit pulp simply settle out in the FV? I am curious as I would normally freeze the fruit whole and then thaw it and put it in a straining bag in the FV to ferment.

I have a pale ale that has been on the go for a few days now and a few bags of berries in the freezer and I just now spied the wife's blender in the kitchen ........................

Cheers

0zzy,
No straining, just bung it in the FV, drill as normal. You will get sediment 40mm thick!
On bottling day, there was no fruit in suspension, the beer was quite clear!
Get the blender out, do the berries and bung `em in!

WA

[6470zzy]

Sorted! Cheers

[D4nny74]

Got this cold crashing at the moment, looks great

Danny

[Monkeybrew]

I've now got a bottle of this clearing in my fridge after it's West to east trip with Royal Mail.

Looking forward to sampling it at the weekend

Cheers

MB

[Monkeybrew]

I was lucky enough to drink this beer on Friday evening, and had to share it with Mrs MB, as like me we both couldn't get enough of it!

It was quite a dark red colour, but definitely red and had very good clarity for a brew with so much fruit in it. I served it at 12C, and to me this was perfect for my tastes. It retained a tight white, small head and had an aroma of strawberry jam.

I can only compare this brew to a few commercial fruit beers that SWMBO drinks, which I have found to be too sweet and fake tasting. This beer has retained a very natural strawberry flavour, but still has a beer flavour, which I really liked.

For a non-fruit beer lover like myself, this brew really goes to show how good they can be.

10/10 from me and Mrs MB

Cheers

MB

[6470zzy]

Looks like a cracking brew

[WalesAles]

Aaaaaaaah! Look what I found in the back of the Filing Cabinet...................









Opened with a good hiss, little bit of a gusher, no problem, very solid sediment.
Fantastic Strawberry smell on opening the bottle, kitchen was filled with the Lovely aroma of Strawberries for 1/2 an hour!
Tastes Fantastic! Smells Fantastic!
This is a Really, Really Great Beer!
Even though I say so myself!

WA

[E J Gumby]

Hi WA,

I made one of these up last year - Not quite so many strawberries - about 1.2 kg, I think, plus a bottle of Lowicz Strawberry syrup.
I think I've still got the last bottle in the cupboard (last dregs from the FV so loads of crud in the bottom of the bottle)


It was OK, but the strawberry flavour was a bit artificial, I felt. Maybe the problem is I like my beer to taste of..... well......beer.

EJ

[Clibit]

That looks fantastic! I need to have a go at this.

[6470zzy]

Aaaaaaaah! Look what I found in the back of the Filing Cabinet...................


Opened with a good hiss, little bit of a gusher, no problem, very solid sediment.
Fantastic Strawberry smell on opening the bottle, kitchen was filled with the Lovely aroma of Strawberries for 1/2 an hour!
Tastes Fantastic! Smells Fantastic!
This is a Really, Really Great Beer!
Even though I say so myself!

WA

It is a rare treat indeed when you find a piece of hidden treasure like this

Cheers