It's in a keg (I was planning on bottling, but am lazy) and had a taste.Peatbogbrewer wrote: I tend to use 1kg (2 last year), but you may get some flavour coming through when ready to drink, if they are a desert variety they are sweet and not as sharp and so may need more. BTW my gooseberry bushes are in pots and one would fit nicely into 2x6m area....
I always do a gooseberry wheat when they are ripe and ready, what yeast did you use for the wheat? i may go hefeweizen next time instead of Safale 05. Have you a bush to grow or you foraging for them?AdamR wrote:Quick update;
I brewed the wheat beer with the gooseberries.
I used 2kg of wheat malt and 2kg of lager malt.
25g of hops the label fell off (I think Amarillo) at 60mins.
Lastly 600g of gooseberries after fermentation calmed down.
Also, I've changed my mind on the other beer.
It is really tasty, and there's no off flavours.
Though with the lactose there's too much sweetness and body. I'll bottle it to free up the keg.
I can also definately taste the gooseberries though they blend with the American hops and the Grapefruit zest really well.
While I don't think I will be rebrewing the PiAle, however I will most likely be brewing the wheat beer again if I can get more berries.
And I think I'd like to try using grapefruit zest in beer, maybe a hoppy dark ale.
I used my go to yeast, Gervin Ale yeast from Wilkos, I didn't want the usual wheat beer esters masking the berries.Peatbogbrewer wrote:I always do a gooseberry wheat when they are ripe and ready, what yeast did you use for the wheat? i may go hefeweizen next time instead of Safale 05. Have you a bush to grow or you foraging for them?
Yeah you can't beat walks 'Gervin' apparently its repackaged Notts Danstar. Sounds like a good brew AdamR, maybe a saison would suit too?AdamR wrote:I used my go to yeast, Gervin Ale yeast from Wilkos, I didn't want the usual wheat beer esters masking the berries.Peatbogbrewer wrote:I always do a gooseberry wheat when they are ripe and ready, what yeast did you use for the wheat? i may go hefeweizen next time instead of Safale 05. Have you a bush to grow or you foraging for them?
I never use expensive flavour/aroma hops for bittering, as it seems a waste. Most of my beers are bittered with Magnum, and the flavour hops are saved for the last 15 mins/flameout.nicksonic wrote:I'll be interested to see how that turns out. I recently made a single hop NS ale and didn't like the bittering qualities at all.
Beer from commercial breweries is malt, hops and waterWhy? beer does not need gooseberries. Beer is malt hops and water!
And the wit doesn't need orange peel and coriander, the kriek cherry's, the ebulum elderberries, the heather beer bog myrtle, the braggot honey. Thats the thing about beer, it aint been just malt hops and water for millennia mein rheinheitsgebot friend.....a-slayer wrote:Why? beer does not need gooseberries. Beer is malt hops and water!