Submitted 21 hours ago by plactagonic@f.cz to homebrewing@sopuli.xyz
I am thinking about brewing some Belgian #beer for Christmas and have frozen cherries and cherries in rum.
Do anyone here from the #homebrewing fedi bubble have any good recipe or suggestions how to use it?
Christmas beer is magic, just go crazy and see where it gets you!
You are right, it is the time. I’ll share what idea I’ll try this year if I get to design something.
What kind of cherries? Sweet or tart? generally you want tart cherries for beer, just because they have a lot more flavor per cherry. That said, you can still use sweet cherries, but the flavor won’t be as pronounced.
I don’t really have a recipe but some sort of Belgian style Christmas ale with cherries sounds good to me, something on the darker end of the spectrum, maybe similar to a dubbel or quad.
@plactagonic @homebrewing I did some research last year and looks like those Belgian krieks are actually stored in wine barrels for a year to infuse them with the cherry flavor. That was a bit too much for my means 😅
I would be very interested in alternative methods to get similar results as well.
Lambics are very special style, with 6+ biological agents working simultaneously, none of those pure clones like brewers yeast. It’s not even cherry centered really. And, judging by commercial beers quality, I’m afraid it’s about to become lost art.
@AndiPopp @homebrewing I know, few months ago I was in Belgium and visited brewery that makes lambics.
Tbh I really don't like this style I was thinking about some dubbel or some different strong style.
@plactagonic @homebrewing Ah ok, haven't seen many of those using cherries so I probably jumped to conclusions. I'm still interested in what your coming up with 😊
antler@feddit.online 13 hours ago
I always enjoy Mad Elf around Christmas. It's a dark ale with Belgian yeast, cherries, and honey.
I've never tried to brew it, but there are plenty of clone recipes around to use as a starting point.