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This may be fairly common knowledge to anyone that is a baker/cook, or slightly more into the culinary arts than me... but I had to look it up, so I assume others may too. I have used whole berries, fruit purees and flavor extracts in the past, with some good results (not so much with the extracts). Living in the middle of Pennsylvania's farmland, I have access to some good fruit. I am not a huge fruit beer fan, but I do feel there are places where fruit can round out or even add to a beer, especially in sours. I wanted to take one of the more common crops in my area (peaches) and try to create a sour peach beer, and while there already is a Peach Berliner out there, I figured I could make something in the same vein, but perhaps unique to me. The plan is to reuse my existing Berliner recipe and a fresh pitch of Wyeast Berliner Blend, but age the beer with pounds and pounds of peaches. I was given roughly 5 pounds of unknown peaches from my in-laws neighbors. They we rather unattractive, but very ripe, and very tasty. 5 pounds, with pits, is not enough to impart the flavor I am looking to get in the beer. I went to a local Amish farmer who I visit semi-regularly for a larger stockpile. I got almost 20 pounds of amazing redskin peaches from Ike. They were actually amazing to look at.