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Date: 15 Oct 2006 13:00:38
From: Duff Man
Subject: Cranberry Wheat
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I;ve been semi-folllowing the thread on Cranberry Wheat and the
consensus appears to be to add the cranberry slurry during secondary.
What are the advatages of that over adding it to the boil? I am
guessing the beer will have a drier feel if the cranberries are
allowed to infuse earlier and convert some of the sugars that would
otherwise be untouched?
Since cranberries are pretty acidic, what will this do to the
bitterness? Is there any discernable amount of AA in the cranberry?
--Dave
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Date: 16 Oct 2006 02:20:35
From: Brian
Subject: Re: Cranberry Wheat
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If you add during boil you also will not get the cranberry aroma. Flavor is
delicate as well, so you are better adding in secondary.
"Duff Man" <a@b.c > wrote in message
news:m2q4j21570hkmqesn3o0pkqp5bub3q1pf9@4ax.com...
> I;ve been semi-folllowing the thread on Cranberry Wheat and the
> consensus appears to be to add the cranberry slurry during secondary.
>
> What are the advatages of that over adding it to the boil? I am
> guessing the beer will have a drier feel if the cranberries are
> allowed to infuse earlier and convert some of the sugars that would
> otherwise be untouched?
>
> Since cranberries are pretty acidic, what will this do to the
> bitterness? Is there any discernable amount of AA in the cranberry?
>
> --Dave
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Date: 16 Oct 2006 15:53:24
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: Cranberry Wheat
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On Sun, 15 2006 13:00:38 -0400, <a@b.c > wrote:
> I;ve been semi-folllowing the thread on Cranberry Wheat and the
> consensus appears to be to add the cranberry slurry during secondary.
>
> What are the advatages of that over adding it to the boil?
When you add things to the boil (fruit, spices, etc) it tends to drive
off a lot of the aroma/flavor. Most of the time, you'll get a stronger
contribution by adding flavorings to the secondary.
> Since cranberries are pretty acidic, what will this do to the
> bitterness? Is there any discernable amount of AA in the cranberry?
It gives the beer more of a tartness (slight sourness), not really a
bitterness.
John.
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