Cherry Beer Update

Nov 22

Cherry Beer Update

Wow... long time no post around here. Been busy with the first born.

Two thoughts on these cherry beers. First, not nearly enough cherry! It has a faint aroma and some background flavor. People generally not familiar with cherry beers seem to say they can't pick up any cherry. I would maybe double if not triple the cherries next time.

The second issue, is I pick up a little metallic flavor. I think it's stronger in the American wheat. At first I thought something might have gone weird with that one, but I later I could pick it up in the Belgian too. First guess might be the cherry cans.

The beer did turn out a little tart from the cherries, and also has a sort of pink lemon aid look to it.

So, next time I might go for frozen cherries, or at least canned cherries from someone else.

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2 comments

§ Jake said on : 11/24/08 @ 10:06
What kind of yeast did you use? I made a Wheat a few months ago that had a metallic taste to it, and I think it might be the fault of the yeast.

I used the "Munich" dry strain of yeast from danstar.
§ Mike Flaminio® said on : 01/15/09 @ 23:00
I used Wyeast 1010, and WLP320. It was kind of a weird thing that never went away. I've never used 1010 before, but I've used 320 and don't recall that. Might have been some kind of fluke on brew day, but kind of weird. If I ever feel like doing this again, like I said, I'll do something differently.