[THC] Fruit&Hops?

[L Swihart]

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>> We're planning to brew an IPA or Pale Ale in the next week or so.
>> Has anyone had sucess adding fruit to hoppy beers.
>> Usually we see raspberry and blueberry in a lighter wheat beer....
>> and did a little searching on the ole www for hops and fruit without
>> much success.  Is it really so taboo?
>> Anyone have a recipe they'd be willing to share?
>>     


Victor's advice is good.  I have made cherry stout a coupleo f times and 
been halfways content with the result, but fruit beers do not charm me 
particularly.  My best contribution to this discussion comes from last 
summer, when I made a 10 gallon batch of APA and flavored one half of it 
with the blueberry stuff that's available at the homebrew shops.  I used 
only half the bottle -- it's a little thing, probably 4 oz so I probably 
used 2 oz -- and it was pretty good.  The blueberry was quite subtle but 
clearly there.

That keg went way fastest at the B.I.G. Microbrew Fest, nothing left to 
bring home.  (All 10 gallons of APA, blueberry and plain, were made 
expressly for that event.  This summer we're going *that* gig a lot 
differently.  Including not taking so much beer.)

Linda