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Raspberry flavoring
Question:
I am interested in brewing a rasberry brew but do not want to spend the money on the fruit. I have seen Hoptech’s flavoring(s) and wonder if they are any good. How much do I use out of the 4oz? Is there a conversion factor? i.e. if the recipe calls for 4 qts of fresh berries, how much of the hoptech do I use? Thx in advance Jeff T/ e
Response:
Well, I don’t know about putting in the whole bottle. I usually put in about an ounce for a five gallon barrel. Perhaps if you put in two ounces, it would be ok…but any more than that would be way too much fruit flavor, IMHO. Try using an eyedropper to manually adjust a few bottles to your taste. And have a blast setting up the bottles for a taste-test with a few good friends. Five drops in one bottle, ten in another, two in a few…. Brewfully yours, Jeff Rosenberg
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I am interested in brewing a rasberry brew but do not want to spend the money on the fruit. I have seen Hoptech’s flavoring(s) and wonder if they are any good. How much do I use out of the 4oz? Is there a conversion factor? i.e. if the recipe calls for 4 qts of fresh berries, how much of the hoptech do I use? Thx in advance Jeff T/ e
Hi Jeff, The guy at my local store, when posed with the same question told me to pour the whole 4 oz. bottle of Raspberry Wine Flavoring into the beer, just before bottling….Haven’t tried yet, got a week left in fermentation…..Good Luck!!!
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Anyone tried the raspberry flavoring available in most homebrew shops? Does it taste good? Smell like raspberries? Could it pass for real raspberries? How much did you use for what amount of beer/cider?
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Anyone tried the raspberry flavoring available in most homebrew shops? Does it taste good? Smell like raspberries? Could it pass for real raspberries? How much did you use for what amount of beer/cider?
I have used Apricot with good results. Be sure the product you might get is unsweetened. Cheers, Mike
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Tried twice with the flavoring in the brew shops. Use 1 bottle per 5 gallons in one and two bottles in another batch. Neither gave me any taste of raspberrys in the finished product. Put together a recipe using 4# of fresh berries and this has good taste, lingers in mouth nice. I suggest next year as the fruit seasons come on use the fresh fruit. I made a cherry, apple, blackberry, raspberry, and cranberry that way, all turned out good.
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Well I have used Oregon raspberry puree with good results. The problem is I got sick a few weeks ago right when I was going to add the puree but didn’t feel like messing with the fermenters with all the germs coming off of me. Now it’s a bit too late to add the puree and still have it ready when I need it. Maybe there is a difference in brand between what you used and what MDixon used. What brand was it?
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Tried twice with the flavoring in the brew shops. Use 1 bottle per 5 gallons in one and two bottles in another batch. Neither gave me any taste of raspberrys in the finished product. Put together a recipe using 4# of fresh berries and this has good taste, lingers in mouth nice. I suggest next year as the fruit seasons come on use the fresh fruit. I made a cherry, apple, blackberry, raspberry, and cranberry that way, all turned out good.
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Well I have used Oregon raspberry puree with good results. The problem is I got sick a few weeks ago right when I was going to add the puree but didn’t feel like messing with the fermenters with all the germs coming off of me. Now it’s a bit too late to add the puree and still have it ready when I need it. Maybe there is a difference in brand between what you used and what MDixon used. What brand was it?
I never used Raspberry, mine was Apricot, but the brand was from www.williamsbrewing.com I have had their raspberry in a wheat beer, and it was fine. Cheers, Mike
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I experimented with the Raspberry extract juice that St Pats sells (NAJASCYYY). I poured in a shot-glass of it into my 5 gallon Secondary fermenter full of Porter, about three days before I planned on bottling it (I figured that the three days would ensure an uniform dispersal). During bottling, I had a taste of the finished product (as finished as warm, flat, young beer can be, that is!), and I thought that I may have been onto to something interesting, with some aging…. However, 5 weeks later, the taste hasn’t greatly improved — still tastes a bit young, acidic, and unbalanced. Granted, Porter and Raspberry may not be the greatest combo, but I definitely expected better. Is it drinkable? Sure is…. But is it better than the real thing…? No way…! — Cheers, Todd Bissell Imperial Beach, CA
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I tried the extract and it gave little raspberry flavor. I prefer using frozen raspberries. — Robin The Poconos
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