Ideas for wheat/fruit brews

[runkelia]

Hello

After brewing mostly IPAs I think I have had my hop fill and am ready for something new.
My thoughts are all grain, something lower gravity - session type wheat beer for the summer.
Also thinking about adding strawberries or raspberries after 1 week in fermentation (Gordon Strong). What about peppers? Jalapenos?
I like fruit, I like peppers, together though may not be good.

So where to start...
My prelim. plan would be to brew a wheat beer, add fruit into the carboy after a week or so in fermentation. I am hearing 1 lb fruit/ gallon. Do I dare add peppers as well?

Thanks for reading. Cheers.

 

[smileyak87]

I just did a raspberry wheat and added the raspberries after 2 weeks of fermenting (hit final gravity and then waited 2 days) I add 1 pound per gallon.

I also just did a honey orange wheat using honey malt and orange zest added to boil at flame out and then another 1 oz of orange zest in secondary.

 

[runkelia]

I just did a raspberry wheat and added the raspberries after 2 weeks of fermenting (hit final gravity and then waited 2 days) I add 1 pound per gallon.

I also just did a honey orange wheat using honey malt and orange zest added to boil at flame out and then another 1 oz of orange zest in secondary.

Nice. Did you do anything for sanitation for the raspberries?
Your honey orange wheat sounds killer.

 

[italarican]

Mango tends to go well with peppers, but I've heard mango tends to come out very mildly in beers. A Mango Habanero wheat could work.

I've had a spicy strawberry gazpacho that was surprisingly awesome, so a strawberry wheat with peppers might actually work too.