The basis for this Cherry Wheat Ale is a Brewer's Best Weizenbier kit. We started that last Saturday and by Friday, it was ready to be moved to the secondary.
Starting Gravity: 1.049 (Look at that! I actually bothered to measure!)
Ending Gravity (after primary): 1.012
Alcohol By Volume: 4.8%
Primary Fermentation Start: 9/26/2009
Primary Fermentation End: 10/3/2009
Before racking into the secondary, we dumped two 3 lb cans of Oregon Fruit Products Sweet Cherry Puree into the bottom of the carboy. We used a funnel that just barely fit in the opening of the carboy, which regrettably allowed some of the fruit puree to adhere to the "ceiling" of the carboy. I'm hoping that doesn't end up being an issue. I'm not anticipating it to be, since everything is sanitized and oxygen-free.
We then racked the weizenbier directly on top of the puree.
12 hours later, a small fermentation has restarted from the yeast eating the sugar form the cherries, which will likely drive up the alcohol content a little bit. I'm planning on having this sit the secondary for at least two weeks, although longer may be required to get the stuff to clear. If it's not clearing by week 3, I'll probably rack into a tertiary on it's own to clear further.
Plan on bottling and carbonating with corn sugar.
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