Grapefruit beer

Leedsmedic · Jul 24, 2016

A friend of mine who has recently been to Canada came back raving about a grapefruit beer that he tried out there.

Turns out it is this; http://whistlerbeer.com/beers/paradise-valley-grapefruit-ale/

I've had a look around and it seems I can't get any to try over here in the UK so I thought I might try and brew an approximation.

Thing is I've never brewed and used things like peel or coriander before and don't want to either over do it and have something undrinkable or just end up with a fairly standard (but I'm sure drinkable) pale ale if I under do it.

Has anyone got any experience with such ingredients and what kind of quantities you used?

dad_of_jon · Jul 24, 2016

Leedsmedic said:
A friend of mine who has recently been to Canada came back raving about a grapefruit beer that he tried out there.

Turns out it is this; http://whistlerbeer.com/beers/paradise-valley-grapefruit-ale/

I've had a look around and it seems I can't get any to try over here in the UK so I thought I might try and brew an approximation.

Thing is I've never brewed and used things like peel or coriander before and don't want to either over do it and have something undrinkable or just end up with a fairly standard (but I'm sure drinkable) pale ale if I under do it.

Has anyone got any experience with such ingredients and what kind of quantities you used?

brewdog's elvis juice is on sale in morrisons, that's a nice drop.

or something with chinook/summit hops :grin:

RZH · Jul 24, 2016

Magic Rock from Huddersfield make a beer called High Wire Grapefruit. It's a good one if you come across it.

The Malt Miller has just started selling grapefruit extract.

No word how it is, the reviews will come in soon, I'm sure.

http://themaltmiller.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=1621

Covrich · Jul 25, 2016

You can get a lot of grapefruit falvours in beer without extracts or zests.. Cascade, Riwaka, Chinook, summit ect

Covrich · Jul 25, 2016

I should also add if you wasn't boiling an extract or All grain and wanted to do a kit brew I remember ages ago (my last ever kit actually) was the Youngs American Amber Ale.. this was very grapefruity and as far as kits go very impressive.

chuff76 · Jul 29, 2016

+1 for Brewdog's Elvis Juice. I believe when they first released it they were giving bottles away in exchange for actual grapefruits :)

Tempted to go give it a go myself and that MM extract looks just the ticket :thumb:

chewie · Jul 29, 2016

I done a review on the Youngs american amber ale that Covrich refers to http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=55550&highlight=youngs+american+amber . The grapefruit hop flavour did lose some of its intensity over time, i would say that it might be leaning more towards ale than the blonde that the whistler beer is.

DoctorMick · Jul 29, 2016

Ella and Galaxy are good for grapefruit flavours as well if you don't want to use actual grapefruits. Both used in a recipe on the grainfather website: http://media.wix.com/ugd/e8b8c7_e0297532d60f4d27b4617f636e0c2b85.pdf

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