I wanted to get some advice on the best way to get fruit flavor into a beer. I recently brewed the Kolsch recipe below and after fermentation, I split the batch up into 2, 2.5gal batches. I kept one batch "traditional" and the other 2.5gal batch I wanted to experiment with by racking it onto ~2.0lbs of the Vintner's Harvest Sweet Cherry Puree. After about a week, tasted it and wasn't getting the cherry flavor I was expecting. Added the remaining, ~1.0lbs of puree from the can, gave it another week, and then kegged it. Even then, still not really getting any cherry flavor. I did notice fermentation seemed to kick back off a day or so after racking onto the puree so did all the cherry flavor ferment off??? I've kind of stayed away from extracts as some of the fruit ones I've used in the past have given a fake taste. I appreciate any suggestions. Thanks.
Kolsch | Kölsch Partial Mash Beer Recipe at Brewer's Friend (brewersfriend.com)
Kolsch | Kölsch Partial Mash Beer Recipe at Brewer's Friend (brewersfriend.com)