276: Kyle Carbaugh of Wiley Roots Explores the Outer Limits of Flavor in Fruit Beer and Barrel-Aged Stout
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If you\\u2019re going to make a kettle-acidified fruit beer, make it well. For Wiley Roots cofounder and head brewer Kyle Carbaugh, that means everything from using rustic unmalted wheat from a farmer friend to creating their own fruit pure\\xe9s from fresh whole fruit. After all, you can\\u2019t drive novel, engaging fruit flavor that stands out if you do things the exact same way as every other brewer out there.
\\n\\nIn this episode, Carbaugh discusses their fruit beer program as well as their barrel-aged stout program, which produced one of Craft Beer & Brewing\\u2019s Best 20 beers in 2022. Along the way, he also touches on:
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- moving past \\u201cif you brew it, they will come\\u201d \\n
- creating transition beers to get people into more \\u201cadvanced\\u201d styles \\n
- developing the fruit-beer category with different brands that explore everything from leaner fermented fruit profiles to sweeter smoothie approaches \\n
- designing a brewhouse with kettle-acidification in mind \\n
- blending pur\\xe9e and juice concentrates for well-rounded fruit flavors \\n
- creating pur\\xe9e from whole fruit with a commercial food processor and masticating juicer \\n
- stabilizing fruit beers at various pH levels \\n
- building heft in stouts with additional fermentables \\n
- adjusting during the aging process for better barrel-aged results \\n
And more.
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