Aloha, I'm new to this tribe so I wanted to say hi. I am planning on making a five gallon batch of beer using about 6 pounds local honey and another 6 pounds of 2 row and light crystal, and the adding mango into the secondary fermenter. I was wondering if anyone out there has made a beer like this, with about half honey and half malt for fermentables. Most of the recipes I've run across were either braggots (about 10 pounds honey and only two pounds grain) or traditional honey beers (mostly grain with only a couple pounds honey). Also, anyone experimented with mango before or fruits like it?
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Re: Honey Mango Beer
Mon, September 4, 2006 - 11:16 AMsounds nice. Are you going to process them at all for secondary? -
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Re: Honey Mango Beer
Wed, September 6, 2006 - 3:20 PMOnce the mangos are ripe, I'm gonna cut them into chunks and freeze them, which I read is a good way to break up the cell walls of the plant and therefore make the flavors more readily absorbed. -
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Re: Honey Mango Beer
Thu, September 7, 2006 - 8:30 AMI've heard that freezing the fruit is also a good way to avoid contamination without having to cook the fruit.
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Re: Honey Mango Beer
Fri, September 8, 2006 - 11:31 AMbe aware that you'll get whats called pectin haze in the beer. You'll have to add some stuff to get that haze to settle. If you want the beer clear that is, i kinda like mine a bit hazy.
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Re: Honey Mango Beer
Fri, September 8, 2006 - 1:25 PMLife in general always tends to be a bit hazey...
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