Gummy bears as an ingredient?

[Jayjay1976]

I picked up a sixer this weekend of Shortfuse brewing's Bear-ie White; an American wheat ale brewed with "120 lbs of Haribo gummy bears", and I kinda really liked it! My wife liked it too, so much so in fact that she broke from her normal Reinheitsgebot-esque views on brewing ingredients and encouraged me to try cloning it!

Without knowing their batch size I can't determine how many bears it takes to brew 6 gallons, but as their brewery and tap room are right down the street from me I might stop in for a pint and ask for some hints.

 

[dreaded_rust]

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[Rodent]

why not - a local brewery here had an offering brewed with Skittles because an NFL player who used to play here but now plays in CA likes them

p.s. I sure hope those gummy bears aren't the sugar-free variety!

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

At my brew club's November meeting, the category was experimental beers. The winning beer was made with like 5 lbs of Fruity Pebbles.

 

[SoCal-Doug]

Use the Albanese brand sugar free gummy bears. Most yummy and very entertaining.

 

[imasickboy]

One of the guys in our club brews all the ridiculous beers with the weird ingredients. Cannabis-derived terpenes, squid ink, breakfast cereal, marshmallows from breakfast cereal, glitter, cotton candy, etc. I'll shoot him a message and ask him if he's done gummy bears.

 

[BajaBeers]

I have a gummy brut IPA on tap right now. I added 20 gummie bears in the dryhop. My girlfriend bought a huge bag of some gourmet gummie bears and I kept on smelling them and thinking “man that would be great in a beer”. Totally worked and is super tasty.

 

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[Titan88]

I have a gummy brut IPA on tap right now. I added 20 gummie bears in the dryhop. My girlfriend bought a huge bag of some gourmet gummie bears and I kept on smelling them and thinking “man that would be great in a beer”. Totally worked and is super tasty.

Have you considered just making the gummy base, minus gelatin? That way you can pour in a liquid and impart more flavor/aroma.