how to make strawberry wheat beer from a kit

[Mike1892]

I have a coopers wheat beer kit to make, have 1kg of wheat spray malt to use with it, and was just wondering if anyone knows how to make this into a strawberry wheat beer? is it possible to do this and get a good result?

thanks

 

[Dave1970]

Not something I've done, but I would add something like this stuff once fermentation was finished. You could prime bottles with it if you can find out the sugar content.

 

[Mike1892]

Interesting, thanks. not sure how much you would use though and how realistic the flavour would be? does anyone know how I might go about this using fresh fruit?

 

[Slid]

Interesting, thanks. not sure how much you would use though and how realistic the flavour would be? does anyone know how I might go about this using fresh fruit?

Hi Mike, you might have a look at this suggestion from the Coopers site

http://www.coopers.com.au/#/diy-beer/beer-recipes/ale/detail/blushing-blonde/

Basically, you stick your berries in a bag (like dry hopping in a sense) after primary fermentation is finished, so as not to "blow off" the aroma.

Freezing is a good way to break down the cell walls in the fruit, without losing the aroma too much, so frozen and defrosted is a suggestion. If I were doing this, I might use raspberries, but that's an old idea, from CJJ Berry days.

 

[Mike1892]

Hi Mike, you might have a look at this suggestion from the Coopers site

http://www.coopers.com.au/#/diy-beer/beer-recipes/ale/detail/blushing-blonde/

Basically, you stick your berries in a bag (like dry hopping in a sense) after primary fermentation is finished, so as not to "blow off" the aroma.

Freezing is a good way to break down the cell walls in the fruit, without losing the aroma too much, so frozen and defrosted is a suggestion. If I were doing this, I might use raspberries, but that's an old idea, from CJJ Berry days.

Hi there,

Thanks for that, I didn't realise such a page existed. That's really good! I ended up making this kit with orange peel and coriander last night, but if it tastes nice as a base kit, I would be tempted to try it with the recipe for the blushing blonde by adding fruit to it. Might be a little while till I get onto this one but that's a great heads up, thanks.

Mike

 

[Strongarm]

I think someone on here primed a beer with 20ml of strawberry syrup, which they bought from a Polish shop, instead of sugar. Obviously need to be careful of amount of sugar in it so you dont explode bottles.