Any recipes for Banana Amber Beer?

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I am getting up the nerve to make a banana amber ale.  A microbrewery had it and it was very good.  I will get a very good Amber Ale kit (Steinfillers, Long Beach CA, but they don't ship).  The internet clues show people pureeing and boiling about 8 ripe bananas in the wort and then adding a small bottle of banana extract in the fermentation.  Any suggestions?

TQ · Answer

Flavors are lost in the boil.
Puree in a sac added as fermentation is winding down followed by a one week rest can work.

Adding a flavor extract at bottling time gives the most control.

? · Answer

My suggestion would be to avoid the pureed bananas and rely on the extract. You will get a cleaner-looking beer that way. You might want to adjust the mouthfeel later.

Any recipes for Banana Amber Beer?

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