Gassy Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Anyone add fruit into their brew for a citrus taste? When, what and how much do you add? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBooz2 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 @Gassy , welcome to the forum. Plenty of brewers on this forum add fruit to their brews. Can you tell us what fruit are you thinking of adding and if its fresh fruit or frozen fruit etc.? I am sure someone will pop up with the answers and techniques you are looking for. Cheers - AL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltop hops Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Can't help you with citrus, only fruit beer I've done was a raspberry sour wheat beer. 1 kg of frozen raspberries was added to FV in a grain bag and used philly sour yeast. Great summer drink. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbloke Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Yeh, I've added black plums to stout. I think 3 were grouse, but the next a flop. (Sanitation?) Consider essessence. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltop hops Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Could try something like this- https://www.diybeer.com/au/recipe/citrus-sail-saison.html Would work with a Mexican cerveza type brew if that's what you're after. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 2 hours ago, Gassy said: Anyone add fruit into their brew for a citrus taste? When, what and how much do you add? I have never bothered, I feel you can get lots of nice aromas, flavours by choosing the right hops. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Brewing Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 2 hours ago, Gassy said: Anyone add fruit into their brew for a citrus taste? When, what and how much do you add? Hey @Gassy, Welcome to the forum cobber ! I have recently brewed a Coopers DEUCE LAGER recipe without deviation. It uses ½ Cup Lime Juice on a 1.7kg Canadian Blonde extract base, plus a box of Brew Enhancer #3 and a 25g Hallertau Tradition Hop infusion on around day 10 of fermentation. Makes a 25 litre brew. My notes were "After 7 days of conditioning first taste is good, clean, and easy to drink. Quite a good light tasting easy drinker ! Would brew again, but given a side by side, I'd prefer a COOPERS PACIFIC PALE ALE. 4.3/5" Hope that helps ! Cheers ta cold beers P.S. Great pseudo name 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Brewing Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 2 hours ago, Hilltop hops said: Could try something like this- https://www.diybeer.com/au/recipe/citrus-sail-saison.html Would work with a Mexican cerveza type brew if that's what you're after. Nice one HH - I quite like the sound of that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDT2 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 On 3/10/2024 at 2:50 PM, Oldbloke said: Yeh, I've added black plums to stout. I think 3 were grouse, but the next a flop. (Sanitation?) Consider essessence. Did you pasteurise the fruit first or was it frozen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDT2 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 On 3/10/2024 at 12:36 PM, Gassy said: Anyone add fruit into their brew for a citrus taste? When, what and how much do you add? What brew were you attempting to make is it all grain, coopers tin etc! I have added frozen raspberries to a Philly sour beer it was awesome in a sanitised bag then into the fermenter at the end of fermentation. I left it in for about 4!days then kegged! Really nice pink colour! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbloke Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 44 minutes ago, RDT2 said: Did you pasteurise the fruit first or was it frozen? Black pumps out of a can. I removed the pips by hand. Stupidity, then put in the brew. So, I probably contaminated them. I have done one since using 1 jar of plumb jam. It's sterile when it goes in the jar. IIRC it was boiled for a few minutes before it went in the brew. Next time I will use 2 jars. Will try to find the recipe but not home now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbloke Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 hour ago, RDT2 said: Did you pasteurise the fruit first or was it frozen? This must be the recipee. But I did a stout. https://www.aussiehomebrewing.com/BeerRecipesWithADifference/BRWAD.html Using jam is a good idea IMO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Man Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 On 3/10/2024 at 3:06 PM, Gassy said: Anyone add fruit into their brew for a citrus taste? When, what and how much do you add? Thoughts on peoples replys? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhtred Of Beddanburg Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 So using late hops for a citrus taste is out of the question? just asking. If dead set on fruit use it in the keg or fermenter late replacing the dry hop in a bag as suggested by Hilltop like with his raspberries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 2 hours ago, Pale Man said: Thoughts on peoples replys? @Gassy seems gassed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChairmanDrew Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 On 3/10/2024 at 7:54 PM, Hilltop hops said: Could try something like this- https://www.diybeer.com/au/recipe/citrus-sail-saison.html Would work with a Mexican cerveza type brew if that's what you're after. There's also this, using lemon zest... https://www.diybeer.com/au/recipe/sombrero-light-lager.html Like you, I've also only used fruit in a sour, but it was blueberries. Seemed to come out decent, I'm not much of a connoisseur when it comes to sours but it seems to taste pretty much like the commercial ones I've bought in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDT2 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 4 hours ago, Pale Man said: Thoughts on peoples replys? I thinks he’s blown us off (gassy) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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