It's All Mine So Keep Back Berliner Weisse With Sour Cherries NHC08
Category 20: Fruit Beer
2008 AHA National Homebrew Competition Gold Medal
Sponsored by Paradise Brewing Supplies
John Watson, Southbury, CT, Fruit Beer, Underground Brewers Club of Connecticut
2008 Ninkasi Award Finalist
"It's All Mine So Keep Back"
Berliner Weisse with Sour Cherries
Ingredients for 10 U.S. gallons (38 liters)
9.0 lb (4.5 kg) Weyermann wheat malt
11.0 lb (4.99 kg) Durst pils malt
5.0 lb (2.27 kg) sour cherries
1.0 oz (28 g) Hallertau whole hops, 3% alpha acid (30 min.)
Wyeast No. 3191 Berliner Weisse ale yeast blend (500 mL starter)
Forced CO2 to carbonate (3 vol.)
Original Specific Gravity: 1.034
Final Specific Gravity: 1.010
Boiling Time: 30 min
Primary Fermentation: 15 days at 70° F (20° C) in glass
Secondary Fermentation: 10 days at 70° F (20°C) in glass
Tertiary Fermentation: 30 days on fruit at 70° F (20°C) in glass
Directions
Mash in at 150° F (60° C) and hold for 60 minutes. Rack fermented beer on to cherries.
Judges' Comments
"Great job!"
"Nice Berliner Weisse. Crisp, clean, light, well complemented with fruit. Maybe could use a little more fruit, but still very good beer."
"Tart, delicate malt/hop balance. Cherries work well in this beer."