Tasty's fruit beer recipe

[troybinso]

I have a couple of different fruit extracts that I want to try in a pint of beer. I know that Tasty just doses each bottle, but does anyone know how much? They joke about it on the show, but I would like a good starting point.

[Ozwald]

Pour a few pints, put 1 drop in the first one, 2 in the second, etc. until you find the sweet spot & multiply to get the full keg dosage. Doing the volume measurements in metric is very helpful.

[troybinso]

Pour a few pints, put 1 drop in the first one, 2 in the second, etc. until you find the sweet spot & multiply to get the full keg dosage. Doing the volume measurements in metric is very helpful.

Yeah, I figured I could do that, but it is nice to know a good starting point that has been successful in the past. Anyone try this?

[Ozwald]

It's going to vary quite a bit from person to person just based on palette sensitivity & personal preference. Not to mention that each brand/flavor is going to lend a different perceived strength. 4 drops in a pint is quite a bit for a lot of those flavors. 1, 2, 3, 4 is probably your best starting point IMO. You can always add more. Or pour 1 pint, add a drop, taste, add another, taste, etc. It won't give you your final dosage as the volume keeps changing, but it'll give you a rough estimate i.e. if you start to like it at drop 3, you could do a side by side with 2 & 3 drops with measured volumes.

[TastyMcD]

It depends on the beer and the extract. I would take 4 ounces of beer and add two drops at a time until the beer starts to smell like the extract. My peach Dortmunder was 18 or 19 drops for 12 ounces if I remember. Two second round medals.
Tasty

[Ozwald]

It depends on the beer and the extract. I would take 4 ounces of beer and add two drops at a time until the beer starts to smell like the extract. My peach Dortmunder was 18 or 19 drops for 12 ounces if I remember. Two second round medals.
Tasty

Holy extract batman! I have heard the peach isn't quite as in your face as some of the others, but damn!

[Dirk McLargeHuge]

It depends on the beer and the extract. I would take 4 ounces of beer and add two drops at a time until the beer starts to smell like the extract. My peach Dortmunder was 18 or 19 drops for 12 ounces if I remember. Two second round medals.
Tasty

Did you dose each bottle or scale it up to a full batch? Methinks peach beer would get old pretty fast.

[spiderwrangler]

If I recall, TMcD brews and drinks the base beer, and doses a fruited version that gets entered in comps. Take home lesson is to have a great base beer first. I think Doc talked extract doses for his coconut beer in a similar manner, but don't recall the number of drops.