Blackcurrant beer

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simonmwhite
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Blackcurrant beer

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Hi folks,

I have several blackcurrant plants in my garden and each year they produce around 2 / 2.5 kg of fruit. We usually make blackcurrant jelly (which never gets used) and last year we attempted to make cassis but failed to process the fruit in time! So I want to try something a little different this year to ensure I use up the fruit, I wondered if anyone has experience using blackcurrants in beer and if they have a proven recipe.

Looking at the BJCP Beer Style Guidelines 2015 - '29C. Speciality Fruit Beer' could be a good place to start.

Thanks,

Simon.
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I_used_to_brew
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Re: Blackcurrant beer

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Make the beer and add (crushed) fruit to the FV? It's what I've normally done, chance of something 'funky' occurring though. If you don't want to risk the funk then pasteurise your fruit first.
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steve crawshaw
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Re: Blackcurrant beer

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no proven recipe but i would use a saison base and embrace the funk. If you hop it moderately it will limit lactic activity but you will get some brett from the fruit which will ferment slowly. Tonsmeire's got a recipe over at the mad fermentationist which sounds like a goer

http://www.themadfermentationist.com/20 ... aison.html

you're welcome to some oak chips if you decide to go with his recipe.

cheers
steve
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