{"id":110,"date":"2013-09-25T20:24:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T20:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beer-syndicate.com\/blog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2016-12-14T15:56:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T15:56:30","slug":"how-to-brew-fruit-beer-the-case-of-the-disappearing-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beersyndicate.com\/blog\/how-to-brew-fruit-beer-the-case-of-the-disappearing-fruit\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Brew Fruit Beer: The Case of the Disappearing Fruit<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

As girly as they may seem to some, fruit beers can kick your ass in the brewhouse.\u00a0 With few exceptions, fruit beer is one of the most difficult styles of beer to brew right, so if you have yet to sample a good example of a delicious commercial fruit beer, this is probably why.\u00a0 And if the pros are struggling with this style of beer, just imagine how much more of a headache brewing an incredible fruit beer is for the homebrewer.<\/p>\n

We’ve all heard that the key to any good beer is balance, and nowhere does this hold more true than with fruit beer: the ultimate Goldilocks challenge. \u00a0When it comes to fruit beer though, you might think that the biggest worry for the brewer is packing too much<\/i> of a fruity punch into the beer so that it ends up tasting less like fruit beer, and more like fruit soda. \u00a0But the truth is that for most of us, it\u2019s exactly the opposite.\u00a0 Imagine the letdown after going through all the trouble of selecting the finest, ripest, juiciest fruit, properly preparing said fruit, and then spending the extra time and money to ferment it, only to have all of that brilliant fruit character and sweetness simply vanish.\u00a0 This is one of the most common and frustrating problems faced by many a brewer when set with the task of brewing a stunning fruit beer using real<\/i> fruit, a problem which I affectionately refer to as the case of the disappearing fruit<\/i>, and one that is a particular threat to the keg-challenged homebrewer who is limited to bottling only.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not going to lie: If you don\u2019t have a kegging setup, the chips are stacked against you if you\u2019re dreaming of brewing a brilliantly balanced, appropriately sweet, fruit beer. \u00a0It\u2019s not impossible, but it\u2019s an uphill battle and you\u2019re going to need all the help you can get.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\n

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