Fruited Golden Ale

[Bigbre04]

Hey yall,

Its summer time so i now have to make fruit beers.

I was thinking that i would do a watermelon golden ale, serve it with a slice of lime. If i had time i would totally do it as a lager, but alas no such luck. Debating brewing it with Voss or Chico. I also have Belgian abbey yeast(single) and Kolsch yeast.

Lemme know what you think!

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1563409

I could also just brew a kolsch... w/o fruit.
Kolsch
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1540299

 

[Brewer #457252]

Hey yall,

Its summer time so i now have to make fruit beers.

I was thinking that i would do a watermelon golden ale, serve it with a slice of lime. If i had time i would totally do it as a lager, but alas no such luck. Debating brewing it with Voss or Chico. I also have Belgian abbey yeast(single) and Kolsch yeast.

Lemme know what you think!

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1563400/geometry vibes

I could also just brew a kolsch... w/o fruit.
Kolsch
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1540299

Your idea is great, the watermelon brings a light, refreshing sweetness, the lemon slices help balance the sweetness with a little sourness and aroma. Very suitable for drinking cold in the summer to dispel the heat.

 

[Sunfire96]

If you're not using pilsner grain as the base for a kolsch, then you're making a blonde ale

Do the fruit beer. It'll sell better anyway

 

[Bigbre04]

If you're not using pilsner grain as the base for a kolsch, then you're making a blonde ale

Do the fruit beer. It'll sell better anyway

im using kolsch yeast and i assure you that you would not know the difference.

Either way, I am gonna brew the kolsch and use the watermelon in a sour ale next week. I will def revisit the watermelon golden ale this summer for sure.

 

[Brew Cat]

im using kolsch yeast and i assure you that you would not know the difference.

Either way, I am gonna brew the kolsch and use the watermelon in a sour ale next week. I will def revisit the watermelon golden ale this summer for sure.

Well I don't know I can usually taste the difference in grain in a pilsner. Maybe if you're adding lime or watermelon not. But either way if you're adding that to a kolsch it's not a kolsch anyway

 

[Bigbre04]

Well I don't know I can usually taste the difference in grain in a pilsner. Maybe if you're adding lime or watermelon not. But either way if you're adding that to a kolsch it's not a kolsch anyway

esters produced by the kolsch would cover any obvious difference plus the sweetness of the vienna.

fact is that 99% of people wouldnt be able to tell if i was using 2R or Pils. If i were to hand you my kolsch, you wouldnt know what was in it unless i told you.

IMO people get too hung up on being super traditional with things.

If you get handed my black lager and i didnt tell you that there was corn in it you would have no idea. I could call it a schwartzbier, but the vast majority of people have no idea what that means hence the dumbed down black lager name. It falls inside the BJCP guides for a schwarts. it really doesnt matter to the consumer if i use corn as long as the final product fits the expectations and tastes good.

I do a lot things that are non traditional because of my equipement/space/time constraints, generally they are well received and reviewed.

Sorry rant over.

 

[Brew Cat]

esters produced by the kolsch would cover any obvious difference plus the sweetness of the vienna.

fact is that 99% of people wouldnt be able to tell if i was using 2R or Pils. If i were to hand you my kolsch, you wouldnt know what was in it unless i told you.

IMO people get too hung up on being super traditional with things.

If you get handed my black lager and i didnt tell you that there was corn in it you have no idea. I could call it a schwartzbier, but the vast majority of people have no idea what that means hence the dumbed down black lager name. It falls inside the BJCP guides for a schwarts. it really doesnt matter to the consumer if i use corn as long as the final product fits the expectations and tastes good.

I do alot things that are non traditional because of my equipement/space/time constraints, generally they are well received and reviewed.

Sorry rant over.

It's called honest advertising
I would like to believe what's on the package
I do plenty of things that are non traditional and mark it on my blackboard. Of course I'm not selling to the public but still.
I like your first name a fruity golden ale. Not a Fruity Kolsch. That's just piggy backing on a popular beer name. Or how about a fruity golden ale brewed using Kolsch yeast. Now that would be a conversation starter. I believe we should be as brewers educating the public. Not confusing them

End of my rant for today ,

We keep having this discussion, perspective I guess

 

[Bigbre04]

It's called honest advertising
I would like to believe what's on the package
I do plenty of things that are non traditional and mark it on my blackboard. Of course I'm not selling to the public but still.
I like your first name a fruity golden ale. Not a Fruity Kolsch. That's just piggy backing on a popular beer name. Or how about a fruity golden ale brewed using Kolsch yeast. Now that would be a conversation starter. I believe we should be as brewers educating the public. Not confusing them

End of my rant for today ,

We keep having this discussion, perspective I guess

If you look at bjcp it doesnt specify the ingredients only the outcomes.

I am actually leaning back towards the watermelon golden ale. i wasnt planning on using kolsch yeast, but i could i guess. I will likely call it "check out my watermelon" or something equally stupid, making names is a pain in my butt.

I assure you that i am not lying to people if they ask me about things i gladly pull out the recipe book. I give people the specific info that they need ABV and IBUs, but i am happy to elaborate on things when asked. In my experience, too much information becomes more of a burden for all involved then too little. The VAST majority of people even some homebrewers go glassy eyed when i talk about stuff.

I honestly find that giving people IBU is almost too much info. People dont really understand that the IBU in a Juicy is not the same as a westcoast IPA.

As far as a kolsch goes, i would argue that the yeast is far more important then the grain bill because as was said above, if i use chico its a golden ale, if i use lager yeast it becomes a lager, etc.

wasnt trying to be a pain. I wish i could let you taste the beer to see that i am not crazy. My golden lager with chocolate malt is very very good. I could probably pass it as a pilsner.

 

[Brew Cat]

I'm not saying your lying but I I came to your pub I would have to keep bothering you from your work to ask for an explanation

 

[Brew Cat]

I'm sure I would get bounced