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So last year founders put out Frootwood, which both my girlfriend and I really enjoyed. I don't see it on their calendar again, so I have no idea if it will return. Recently we found a similar-ish beer from a local VT brewery that as a cherry graham cracker ale that we really liked. I'd love to make something similar on my own, but i've never done anything with fruit additions, and i'm sort of at a loss on where I'd start with this one.
I sent an email to founders asking if they'd give any tips on a base beer to start with, but they came back with "we don't comment on any of our recipes." So i'm at square 1.
So, what i'm looking for. Something that is similar to the two beers above. To me Frootwood always tasted a bit like generic cherry pie filling, the canned kind. To my girlfriend it was mostly teddy grahams. Which is why the cherry graham cracker ale was a good follow up for us. I'm just not sure where to start. What to use as a base beer, when to add cherries, how much, etc. If I wanted to mimic the graham cracker aspect, where to go about figuring that out.
I'd like to brew this in 1-2 months, so I figure that gives me time to figure this out. Anyone have any good pointers to get me started?
I sent an email to founders asking if they'd give any tips on a base beer to start with, but they came back with "we don't comment on any of our recipes." So i'm at square 1.
So, what i'm looking for. Something that is similar to the two beers above. To me Frootwood always tasted a bit like generic cherry pie filling, the canned kind. To my girlfriend it was mostly teddy grahams. Which is why the cherry graham cracker ale was a good follow up for us. I'm just not sure where to start. What to use as a base beer, when to add cherries, how much, etc. If I wanted to mimic the graham cracker aspect, where to go about figuring that out.
I'd like to brew this in 1-2 months, so I figure that gives me time to figure this out. Anyone have any good pointers to get me started?