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Re: Watermelon IPA
« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2016, 06:52:41 pm »
I've thought about using kool-aid. For sure would need to be added after fermentation.

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Re: Watermelon IPA
« Reply #16 on: March 10, 2016, 06:59:18 pm »
Gary, I think you'd want to use the sugar free watermelon jello - the sugar in the regular would cause more fermentation. In a cold keg, probably no big deal. Depending on when it was added, it could throw bottle conditioning way off, though. Wouldn't want bottle bombs.
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Re: Watermelon IPA
« Reply #17 on: March 10, 2016, 07:19:05 pm »
I'm kind of intrigued with the jello concept since no one chimed in on why it won't work.....
Can't really think of one myself and it might really work-clear the beer and give flavor!

Why don't you rack a gallon or so over to a small secondary and try it? I'd be curious to hear the results:)

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I might just do a partial to see.. it also adds the novelty of the pink tint, like the melon. I imagine worse case scenario I'd have clear pink beer

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Re: Watermelon IPA
« Reply #18 on: March 11, 2016, 06:22:29 am »
Might just work and if it doesn't you dump maybe a growler of beer;)

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Re: Watermelon IPA
« Reply #19 on: March 11, 2016, 09:11:12 am »
I'm kind of intrigued with the jello concept since no one chimed in on why it won't work.....
Can't really think of one myself and it might really work-clear the beer and give flavor!

Why don't you rack a gallon or so over to a small secondary and try it? I'd be curious to hear the results:)

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Re: Watermelon IPA
« Reply #20 on: March 11, 2016, 12:13:00 pm »
I couldn't agree more. What is it with people and artificial fruit flavors?  In Belgium they put it in fake lambic beers. Unsinkable. That was Swype taking over, but I'm gonna leave it anyway.
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Re: Watermelon IPA
« Reply #21 on: March 11, 2016, 02:28:12 pm »
Watermelon Jolly Rancher?
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Re: Watermelon IPA
« Reply #22 on: March 11, 2016, 04:07:50 pm »
Hey, don't flame me, maybe it does taste fake, maybe it won't work, nobody really seems to know so what's the harm in sampling a growler full of beer? I've read about a lot of things folks have tried that  many think disgusting and actually turned out beer worth drinking so no harm, no foul.....cheers

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Re: Watermelon IPA
« Reply #23 on: March 11, 2016, 04:40:25 pm »
I think the real issue with artificial flavors is that while they may be chemically identical to natural flavors, natural flavors have many compounds that make up their flavor. Artificial flavors seem to be monotone and lack the nuance of the real thing.

That said, I'd be willing to give it a try someday. Why not?

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Re: Watermelon IPA
« Reply #24 on: March 12, 2016, 01:37:07 am »
As I wrote before, there is a whole series of Belgian wheat beers with artificial flavoring. Peach, banana, apple, passion, melon, coconut, chocolate, etc. They taste really really bad. I'm sure that if you add real watermelon to a beer, the taste will disappear completely. So for me it is 100 percent certain that if I taste watermelon in a beer it is completely fake.
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Re: Watermelon IPA
« Reply #25 on: March 12, 2016, 04:08:44 am »
Fermented real watermelon is one of the most disgusting things I've ever tasted. Fake has to be better.

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Re: Watermelon IPA
« Reply #26 on: March 12, 2016, 05:31:44 am »
I've never fined with gelatin. Do you add enough to fine that you would be able to taste or do you have to make beer jello?
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Re: Watermelon IPA
« Reply #27 on: March 12, 2016, 05:34:39 am »
You use something like 2 tsp of unflavored gelatin per 5 gal it settles to the bottle pulling gunk with it, it doesn't effect anything else .

My theory is use a whole packet of watermelon jello (not sure how much comes in a box of jello) which would settle to the bottle clearing the beer, and would be enough to give it a smidge of watermelon flavor.



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Re: Watermelon IPA
« Reply #28 on: March 12, 2016, 07:05:31 am »
I would think an entire box would be overkill, personally I'd try may be a teaspoon in a growler full of beer and go from there

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Re: Watermelon IPA
« Reply #29 on: March 12, 2016, 04:03:23 pm »
I'd be afraid that the amount of jello that you would need to get the flavor that you want would drop all of the hop flavor out of the beer.
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