Sampling at 11 days bottle conditioning. Color: Amber with ruby red tones. Aroma: Sweet grain and sweet and tart cherries. Flavor: sweet cherries up front transitions to tart cherries and black currant from the Bramling Cross hops, then gives way to subtle sweet grain with a slightly tart, bitter, almost tannic finish likely due to the cherry puree. I think an extra week or so of bottle conditioning will smooth it out.
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Saw this recipe on brewtoad. I was just thinking of doing a cherry blonde. How did this turn out? What kind of puree did you use?
ReplyDeleteBen, this one turned out great! It has a light cherry flavor and the blonde ale has a nice graininess to it. The black currant aroma from the Bramling Cross hops accentuates the cherry. I don't like fruit beers where all you can taste is the fruit. I still like the beer to come through as well.
ReplyDeleteI used Vintner's Harvest Cherry Puree (3 lb can) from my local homebrew store. It is a very drinkable beer. In fact, I gave a few bottles to friends that don't usually drink craft beer and they loved it.