I absolutely hate wine...but thanks to a close relative I just tried a delicious raspberry wine. however all i could think was that I needed to add it to a chocolate stout (like ST Choklat). does anyone have any experience adding fruit (non-grape) wine to beers? any success?
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^ Syrah is real wine, not fruit wine. As for the op, haven't had a fruit wine I enjoyed. I do like regular grape wine, but never felt like adding it to beer. I'm good with both worlds being separate for the most part.
Well I have added Lambic to beer. lindeman's framboise and 312 is good. Try some of your wine in that type of beer and the result should be similar, although less wine would be good. Widmer bros also makes an RIS with raspberries if I'm not mistaken. It is disgusting. Mix all that together and here is my advice: don't mix your wine with beer unless you are willing to waste a lot of product if the results aren't good, which is the most likely result.
That was my thought...it would be similar to adding a lambic. but before i go out and waste beer money on wine i wanted to know if it was worth it.
get a french press, some raspberries and a stout, break up the berries and put them in the french press with the stout for a bit, pour into your glass and enjoy the infusion.
genius. i've randaled some stuff (mainly coffee and spices) with limited success. but using a french press seems like a great idea.
I've brewed beers with raspberries into secondary for a true secondary ferment, and have had beers aged in wine barrels. Most have been delicious and I recommend you try your idea with porters, stouts, and barleywines. I bet some fruit wine of the right sweetness, and in the right proportion, will taste excellent in your beer!
This is a great way to try flavored variants of your favorite beers. I have used a french press with fruit, coffee, and whole hops on a variety of different beers. Most of them came out great.
I kinda agree with Herky21. I liked the mouthfeel but not the flavor. The raspberry seemed artificial to me but I had it in a bottle, dunno if you had it on tap. The only stout I've ever had that's been successfully fused with fruit is Shipyard's Smashed Blueberry
had it on tap and in bottles, didn't seem too artificial to me, but different strokes for different folks.
You could simply pour half a pint of Young's Double Chocolate Stout into a glass and top with another half of Samuel Smith's Organic Raspberry.
I'd be willing to try it again it, but the sample of it I had wasn't great. To it's credit, we were at a bar where there is no rinsing station for the glassware and everytime I get a sample there I swear the soap residue adds a weird bleach-y taste, which is sad because it is the second best selection in the Des Moines area and THE best selection that still has good drink deals.
