Raspberry Beer

jacinthebox · Post by **jacinthebox** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 7:27 pm

party pooper?

Post by **Jimmy** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 6:43 pm

Trying Marks beer right now and it's really good - just the right amount of raspberry flavor!

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GuingesRock · Post by **GuingesRock** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:28 pm

Thanks. That's the poolside blonde with raspberries in it, forgot to say that. I hope you had a chance to chill it well.

redoubt · Post by **redoubt** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 8:31 pm

Mark,

Sampling your beer tonight - tasty beer! What hops have you got in there? I find that I'm tasting them more than the raspberries, but then I get the raspberry flavour at the end...

Thanks for sharing with us!

-Keely.

GuingesRock · Post by **GuingesRock** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 8:37 pm

Keely, it's all Galaxy ...remember, the one I put in my weizen

TimG · Post by **TimG** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:27 am

Kegged my Raspberry Cream Ale last night. I used 1.2 kg (two 600g packages) of IQF raspberries from Superstore. Just thawed em and checked em in the secondary.

Seems tasty! Not too tart, good raspberry aroma.

sleepyjamie · Post by **sleepyjamie** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:47 am

TimG wrote:Kegged my Raspberry Cream Ale last night. I used 1.2 kg (two 600g packages) of IQF raspberries from Superstore. Just thawed em and checked em in the secondary.

Seems tasty! Not too tart, good raspberry aroma.

Save me a drink for when I get back

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GuingesRock · Post by **GuingesRock** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 5:19 pm

Bugger, bugger, bugger. I had two of these left. Greg told me it would go south sooner rather than later, because I blended the frozen raspberries in a food processor and chucked them in. I was thinking of sending one to New York, but thought it would be too old, so I poured one. It's delicious still. Note to self. Raspberry blondes are keepers. It was brewed on the 18th July.

Greg, you said you were wrong once, that's twice now!

I think it's the acidity from the raspberries that helped it keep. I have younger beers that have well passed their prime in the same fridge.

GuingesRock · Post by **GuingesRock** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 8:38 pm

I emailed New York, said I had two bottles and drank one of them. He said that's OK to send one bottle and forfeit BOS.

Yes! Totally ok. Not the first time this has happened. Go for it!

You're off the hook Greg.

Broob · Post by **Broob** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 5:51 pm

Going to be adding the raspberry to my secondary this weekend and leave it for about 5-7 days. Going to bottle it after that. Any tips on how not to get 4 dozen bottle bombs?

Post by **LeafMan66_67** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 6:06 pm

Be sure that fermentation is complete before bottling. Take readings a couple days apart until stable,

Broob · Post by **Broob** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 7:00 am

Cool thanks. Anybody ever use something like Splenda to "sweeten" a fruit beer? I don't think an artificial sweetener would ferment out would it?

jacinthebox · Post by **jacinthebox** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:46 am

Broob wrote:Cool thanks. Anybody ever use something like Splenda to "sweeten" a fruit beer? I don't think an artificial sweetener would ferment out would it?

I've used lactose to back sweeten a blackberry cream ale last summer...haven't used splenda

Broob · Post by **Broob** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 3:02 pm

I might try a few bottle with some Splenda. I'm not going to be drinking any of this beer anyway. My wife I think would prefer a little sweetness. Might be cool to try as an experiment.

Broob · Post by **Broob** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:40 am

My beer was in the primary for two weeks. I racked it onto about 4.5 lbs of raspberries on Saturday. Should I be expecting another krausen to form? edit - it hasn't formed yet.

Highland Brewer · Post by **Highland Brewer** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 3:48 pm

Brewed a blonde ale on November 20. Racked to 1.5kg of thawed whole raspberries on Dec. 1. Cold crashing as we speak in preparation of bottling tonight (for the wife of course!) I noticed at lunch that the raspberries still haven't fallen out, but they lost their color 6 days ago.

Comments or suggestions? I was planning on cutting a piece of sanitized cheese cloth (BIAB bag) and maybe doubling it over the end of my autosiphon; then just continue bottling as per normal.....

Post by **LeafMan66_67** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 7:44 pm

My raspberries are always floating on top. I just use my auto-siphon and haven't had any issues or need to use cheesecloth.

Highland Brewer · Post by **Highland Brewer** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:58 pm

Raspberries fell out after 24hrs @ 34f. Going to just bottle as usual with no strainer. Thanks man.

Highland Brewer · Post by **Highland Brewer** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:54 pm

Beer is amazing. 1.5kg per 20l worked great. Dry hopped for 7 days and then cold crashed for 2.

GuingesRock · Post by **GuingesRock** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 10:50 pm

I wash the blender bowl, bowl lid and blade in dishwasher on sanitize setting to sanitize. Then I thaw bags of frozen raspberries, dunk bags in starsan before cutting open. Then blend them before pouring in on day 4 of ferment. By day 7 they have totally settled out and beer almost clear. I keg on day 7 and keg condition at room temp for another 7 days before chilling and carbing. Several golds and no infections, even year old stuff is still great.

GuingesRock · Post by **GuingesRock** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 10:52 pm

Highland Brewer wrote:Beer is amazing. 1.5kg per 20l worked great. Dry hopped for 7 days and then cold crashed for 2.

Sounds amazing too.

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