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Don't be afraid of fruit. There are a few methods to be extra safe, such as steeping them around 180 F. Remember that the fruit are added after primary, so there is already alcohol in the beer that will limit possible infection. I've now added cherries, blackberries, blueberries, without any...

Brewed this again a month ago, with a slight increase in steeped grains. Still my favourite Belgian to date. Highly suggested if you are fond of raspberries and beer!

No problem; excited to hear what you think!

There are a few different ways to deal with fruit when adding to secondary: leave as is (possible infection), mix with something that will kill it (e.g. hard alcohol, campden tablets), or steep the fruit. I chose the last option, with knowing that it would add a haze to it from the pectin (I...

This recipe is quite simple, with fantastic results. After putting together our first Belgian dubbel recipe (Walking in Ghent, WiG), we decided that it would work even better with the addition of raspberries (Raspberry Dubbel, R²). Both recipes, with and without the fruit addition, are lovely...

Just finished boiling batch #2 of this. First batch was my favourite beer we've made so far (and one of my favourite tripels I've had). Highly suggested for anyone browsing that enjoys a Belgian doubel/tripel. I had to use Tettnanger at 30 and 3 this time due to store stock so I am interested...

Made the extract version last week. I scaled for a 5.5 gallon batch but OG was 1.07 so I diluted to about 6 gallons to get to 1.06. After a week, I took a sample and it tasted good but watery. Will this develop more flavour with time or did the extra half gallon water this down too much?

Yea, I agree on that. I'm leaning towards primary for 3 weeks and secondary for 5 weeks; will there still be enough yeast to carb bottles after 8 weeks since production?

I made a slightly modified extract version of this last week; it smells amazing and it sure went crazy with fermentation. I have a question about primary/secondary with this beer that I'd like some opinions on, based on my work schedule and having only one 6.5 gallon carboy. I am gone from Dec...