As the favourite beer of both the wife and I is Liefmans Kreik
Cherry is the first fruit to get the nod.
I know that this is not going to come close to Kreik but if it is drinkable and tastes of cherries it's a step in the right direction
The recipe was,
1kg DME
140g crushed crystal malt
4 jars morello cherries
14g Saaz hops
The crystal malt was placed in my grain bag and in the boiler as 15 litres of water was brought to the boil, the crystal malt was removed and the DME dissolved in the water at 75 C.
This was boiled with the hops for 45 minutes, cooled with the immersion coil, transfered to the primary on top of the cherries and syrup.
The yeast was taken from the slurry of a light ale brew.
I collected 12 litres at an OG of 1042.
It's fermenting away happily already and it's red, so at least it's the right colour
Next step if all goes well is all grain and wyeast belgian lambic blend yeast
I know that this is not going to come close to Kreik but if it is drinkable and tastes of cherries it's a step in the right direction
The recipe was,
1kg DME
140g crushed crystal malt
4 jars morello cherries
14g Saaz hops
The crystal malt was placed in my grain bag and in the boiler as 15 litres of water was brought to the boil, the crystal malt was removed and the DME dissolved in the water at 75 C.
This was boiled with the hops for 45 minutes, cooled with the immersion coil, transfered to the primary on top of the cherries and syrup.
The yeast was taken from the slurry of a light ale brew.
I collected 12 litres at an OG of 1042.
It's fermenting away happily already and it's red, so at least it's the right colour
Next step if all goes well is all grain and wyeast belgian lambic blend yeast