Coopers Wheat & Raspberry (Pics)

[dizidave]

Well, this is a couple of pictures of my Coopers Wheat Beer with 1 litre of raspberry juice added after the initial ferment.

This is after 1 week in bottles (couldnt resist) moving it to storage now for a few weeks.

taste wise, its fairly thin (which i think wheat beers are??), no overly strong taste of anything but does have raspberry tones.

Quite pleasant to drink, not sure what time will do but we'll see.

 

[RobWalker]

wheat beers arn't particularly thin. maybe brew it slightly short if you want some more body next time.
beautiful colour mate, does 1L of raspberry juice really make that much difference?

 

[BrewDan]

Like the look of that with the Christmas tree in the background! How long you thinking of conditioning for?

 

[dizidave]

How long you thinking of conditioning for?

Well, as long as my will power permits probably, i suspect it will be gone by the end of the Xmas period.

I would like to leave it for a couple of months and see if/how the flavour develops. Ill have to lock some away.

 

[dizidave]

does 1L of raspberry juice really make that much difference?

You can certainly taste the raspberry.

The 1l was just by chance, i grow my own raspberries and freeze them (as i end up with loads) 1l was exactly how much juice i got out of 1 bag of berries out of the freezer.

If i do it again, i might try with 2 litres, i suppose it depends on how it ages. If the raspberry flavour develops a bit more it will probably be OK at 1 litre.

Ive also got loads of bags of elderberries in the freezer (picked for wine) and i really like the sound of elderberry stout!