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Offline Iliff Ave

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« on: February 10, 2020, 11:29:03 am »
I have an American Strong Ale fermented with black cherries that I would like to enter. Should it simply go in as 29A Fruit Beer with American Strong ale as the base style? The cherry is present but not prominent.
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Re: comp entry advice
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2020, 11:55:25 am »
Yep.  American strong guidelines don't account for any cherry flavor at all.
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Re: comp entry advice
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2020, 11:59:14 am »
If you struggle to taste the cherry at all, you should enter it as an American Strong.

Note: Since you used black cherries (a.k.a., sweet cherries), I imagine the cherry flavor would be very slight or even non-existent.  If you really want cherry flavor, you need to use tart cherries (e.g., Montmorency), and a lot of them.
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Re: comp entry advice
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2020, 12:19:39 pm »
Quote from: dmtaylor on February 10, 2020, 11:59:14 am
If you struggle to taste the cherry at all, you should enter it as an American Strong.

Note: Since you used black cherries (a.k.a., sweet cherries), I imagine the cherry flavor would be very slight or even non-existent.  If you really want cherry flavor, you need to use tart cherries (e.g., Montmorency), and a lot of them.

The cherry is definitely there. I fermented with 1/2 gallon of sweet black cherry juice that had a SG of 1.086.
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