Home Brewing Qestion
 

Any home-brewers here have any experience with using fruit in their recipes? I'd like to brew up a nice Cherry Wheat.

Re: Home Brewing Qestion
 

Make sure you account for the sugar in the fruit when deciding how much malt & sugar to add. Also, if you want the fruit taste to come through, add the fruit later so the fruity flavor doesn't all ferment away.

Re: Home Brewing Qestion
 

That makes sense. Will fruit help up the EtOH content as well?

Re: Home Brewing Qestion
 

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That makes sense. Will fruit help up the EtOH content as well?

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If just added in addition to the other sugars, it absolutely will.