i finally got round to making

[Godsdog]

the coopers blushing blonde,i put 300 grams of frozen raspberries in the fermenter on the second day tied up in a muslin sock,the question is will I have to use a clearing agent before kegging due to pectins,it doesn't say on the recipe.anyone else done this and found it difficult to clear?:whistle:

 

[Covrich]

I think @slid did this so he may be of some help

 

[Razor]

I put 500g of crushed blackberries in a DJ of cider. I added 1tsp of pectolase and it's perfectly clear after bottling.


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[Graz]

Thing is would it really matter if it's a bit hazy, so long as it tastes okay?

 

[Godsdog]

Thing is would it really matter if it's a bit hazy, so long as it tastes okay?

not really I suppose as its only me whos gonna sup it and I have plenty opaque tankards:lol: but it still may be around xmas time and a few visitors may want to sample some:mrgreen:

 

[H0PM0NSTER]

I made the Coopers Blushing Blonde recipe last November. Brewed it with it 700g of frozen raspberries and 1kg of spray malt.
It was interesting(!) but not sure I would brew it again. It had a good raspberry taste and colour but it was a very dry fruitiness and quite tart. I made it it the same way you have with the fruit added in a muslin sock and it cleared nicely in the bottles without using any pectolase. If I was to try something like this again, I think I would use raspberry syrup and pair it with a wheat beer or pale ale.

 

[Godsdog]

I made the Coopers Blushing Blonde recipe last November. Brewed it with it 700g of frozen raspberries and 1kg of spray malt.
It was interesting(!) but not sure I would brew it again. It had a good raspberry taste and colour but it was a very dry fruitiness and quite tart. I made it it the same way you have with the fruit added in a muslin sock and it cleared nicely in the bottles without using any pectolase. If I was to try something like this again, I think I would use raspberry syrup and pair it with a wheat beer or pale ale.

Fruit been in 7 days now and after reading your reply I'm not gonna rush out and buy some pectalose,one because you said it did clear and two in thinking about it the fruit hasn't been boiled so I think pectins would not undergo a chemical change to haze the beer,hope I'm right in saying that

 

[Personal91]

Fruit been in 7 days now and after reading your reply I'm not gonna rush out and buy some pectalose,one because you said it did clear and two in thinking about it the fruit hasn't been boiled so I think pectins would not undergo a chemical change to haze the beer,hope I'm right in saying that

cloudy ciders are actually nicer in my opinion, I bought some pectolase before making my last 2 TC's but didn't bother adding it as have never before and wanted cloudy ciders

 

[Slid]

the coopers blushing blonde,i put 300 grams of frozen raspberries in the fermenter on the second day tied up in a muslin sock,the question is will I have to use a clearing agent before kegging due to pectins,it doesn't say on the recipe.anyone else done this and found it difficult to clear?:whistle:

I did indeed do a couple of Blushing Blondes with ~ 500g of frozen blackberries in each. I put them in a small FV, poured on boiling water and mashed them up and added pectolase overnight and added the whole lot to the main FV with the kit to ferment on the pulp. They cleared OK and there was an attractive colour, but not much flavour.

TBH, if I could be bothered to pick blackberries again (and they were easy to come by the season I used them) I would make a crumble with them and add hops to the kit instead - probably pellet dry hops.

Definitely worth doing once for novelty value though and you never you, you might like the result!

 

[H0PM0NSTER]

Thought I still had one of my Blushing Blondes from last year. Had a root round the garage last night and opened this one. Not bad for a year old beer! Here's a couple of pics to show you the clarity: