Comments on: Another weekend gone…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:43:00 +0000

Mangoes can vary but it was more than cloudy. It was fibrous. Of course it’s important to have fiber in your diet just not sure what kind of mouth feel mango fiber would have imparted… Regular drinking of irregular beer can make you regular. Louis

By: GDSever

GDSever — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:36:00 +0000

Actually, I was thinking that since it is a wit and is going to be intentionally cloudy anyways, some extra mango cloudiness wouldn’t hurt. I also planned on the secondary being a 6.5 gallon carboy and the tertiary a 5 gallon… And compensated for some wort losses by collecting ~5.2 gallons instead of just 5…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:16:00 +0000

It occurred to me that maybe you were planning on using a fine mesh bag(s) for the mangoes. I’d recommend it though if you use a carboy or other narrow necked fermenter you’d have to funnel it into the bag(s) and then tie them off. Use some string if in a carboy as this’ll facilitate untieing the bag to be able to remove it. It couldn’t hurt. Good Brewing. Louis

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:10:00 +0000

Not sure what straining method you will be using for the mango pulp but it is quite a formidable task. I’ve just brewed with mangoes once; something like 8 lbs. of pulp for 5 gallons which caused me to leave 1 & 1/2 gallons of slurry mush behind. I tried a few methods before giving up as the mangoes were quite fibrous and unfortunately stayed in suspension of the bottom 1/3 or so of the fermenter. Also they fermented out fairly completely imparting little flavor. I concluded it might be better adding mango chunks. Or perhaps juice to a pasteurized carbonated malt beverage (ala Smirnoffs- shudder). Anyway, good luck and I hope to taste your effort sometime. Louis Glick