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This is quite aromatic and will make a good sipping beer for next halloween. It is definitely not for consuming in large quantity.
Ingredients:
* 1 can, Cooper’s bitter hopped malt syrup
* 1-1/2 pounds, M&F dry malt extract
* 1/4 pound, black patent malt
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We had a bit extra so we are doing a small fermentation (without the raspberies) of about 3/4 of a gallon. To this we added a teaspoon of yogurt to try to get a lacto bacillus infection and produce lactic acid. If it produces anything interesting I’ll post the results. Anyway, I can’t comment on […]

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I figured that I’ll sterilize anything I use to add the puree, while taking my chances with the puree itself (rather than heating it up and risking setting the pectins).
Ingredients:
* 6-7 pounds, light malt extract
* 1/4 pound, crystal malt
* 2-1/2 cups, raspberry puree
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What I was brewing I call “Finster’s Finest Chocolate Raspberry Stout”. I substituted frozen raspberries for the cherries, and added some baker’s chocolate.
I’m going to try this recipe again, with cherries, because I think the cherry taste is more agreeable with the chocolate flavor.
After 1 week in the bottle, this brew was overpoweringly raspberry. No […]

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This recipe came from Charlie Papazian many years ago. This is supposed to make a lager, but I’ve never actually produced a lager with this recipe, only an ale. The cherries add a sweetness, but are not overpowering in a dark beer. I also tried another cherry beer called “Sinfully Red Cherry Ale” from the […]

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I made this pumpkin ale last weekend and when I racked it, it tasted wonderful (at least I can tell that it will when it clears, carbonates, and ages). I based this recipe mostly on one posted on the HBD from the andinator@delphi.com account, but I changed the amounts and added a couple of things.
This […]

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Here’s an extract recipe I sort of did “on the fly” - and it turned out to be real good. It’s my first (but not last!) stab at a cherry wheat.
This really turned out great… two weeks after bottling the brew was very cherry-like, almost too much - but after 6-8 weeks it mellowed out […]

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This tastes like a normal stout, but after 4 or 5 sips, a warm glow begins to suffuse your throat and tummy; great for winter nights. Don’t worry about pectin haze, you definitely won’t see it!
Ingredients:
* 8 cans, blueberries (or 10 pints fresh, or 6# frozen)
* 1/2 […]

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I just brewed a Cranberry Wit about two weeks ago.
I used Cluster because I had a lot laying around and wanted to use them up. Something like Saaz or Kent Goldings may be better. This was my first time using the White ale yeast, and I’m pretty happy with the results so far — kinda […]

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I have made a cranberry wheat for the holidays the past two seasons.
BIG cranberry aroma with this recipe.
I used Edme Ale yeast, but Wit or Lambic strains would lend more “character”, I think.
Ingredients:
* 9# Schreier 2-row malt
* 9# dWC Wheat malt
* ~20 IBU’s […]

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