That'd be Floris Apple (Well, that's the Anglicised version of it anyway).Jay wrote:While we're on the subject of fruit and beer, the missus tried an apple brew at the Belgian Beer Cafe while we were in Brisbane and now wants me to give it a go at home. Forgot the name after a few too many Leffe Brunes and Kwaks but I think it was called florisgarden (spelling?)
Any suggestions?
Also what are good quantities of fruit to add to beer to give...
1) a subtle hint?
2) a knock your head off fruit flavour?
Cheers,
Jay.
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It's not mentioned in our review, but I seem to recall this was extremely sweet (that's perhaps to what we were referring when we said it was a "dessert beer").
You'd probably need to sweeten it up with some lactose, I'd reckon.
I'd start with a fairly middle-of-the-road kit like a Cooper's Lager, which is not very bitter. Add 500g (I just plucked that figure out of the air) of lactose and a couple of litres of preservative-free apple juice or apple concentrate.
Floris Apple is only 3.5%, so you wouldn't need to add any other fermentables. You could also cut up three or four peeled, cored apples, put them in a stocking and drop them into the fermenter for some extra apply flavor.
Make it up to 18 litres with the yeast as supplied.
What do you reckon, guys?
Oliver
