PaddyB Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Ever since a uni term spent in Belgium I have a huge appetite for nearly all beers Belgian. One I am trying to recreate is a raspberry fruit beer. I want to add raspberry cordial at the bottling stage in lieu of sugar, will this come close to the effects desired. I am thinking of trying this with Coopers Dark. The wife is crazily into the Carlton Lime Fusion so was thinking of adding lime cordial to a Lager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimD1525228520 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Can't add much to the silence Paddy, Recipe from the How to Brew Section for a raspberry beer below. Can't imagine that the simple sugars and flavours from a cordial would be a sound place to start your quest, but i am a mug at this game. The search function might yield more results http://coopers.com.au/the-brewers-guild/how-to-brew/ale/blushing-blonde or this one using blueberries http://coopers.com.au/the-brewers-guild/talk-brewing?g=posts&m=11972#post11972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoaldV Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 I read somewhere on this forum someone adding orange peel to the primary fermentation....? Could the same be done for lime?? No doubt some more learned folk will be able to provide more detail. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 My notes say: Juice up 3-4 limes and zest them all. Dump this all into a small boil 1L~ with some DME for 5 mins. Try avoid using the pith. Even though I can't find the link now but, the credit for the above method goes to Fourstar at AHB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidL13 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 While it won't taste like a Framboise Lambic, one of my "happy surprise" beers has been: Quick and DIrty Raspberry Ale: TIn of Cooper's Bitter 750 g dextrose 250g maltodextrin (ie LHBS Beer enhancer) 2 X 7g sachets kit yeast, activated 1 kg fresh Tassie raspberries, frozen, thawed, then quickly boiled in 1.5 L water brewed at room temp (18-22 C) OG 1.046 FG 1.013 bulk primed with 170g white sugar Just wanted to pump out a quick brew, turned out to be delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 1 kg fresh Tassie raspberries' date=' frozen, thawed, then quickly boiled in 1.5 L water(18-22 C)[/quote'] Just for the record, when using raspberries it is best to use frozen ones and you don't have to worry about a boil. I believe they can be thrown in as are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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