I would only do a pound or two and cut them up first. You could even squeeze the juice from them before adding it all in there but I think that 5 lbs would be super overkill for a cherry wheat. I'll be brewing this weekend too, making a big IPA 4 different kinds of hops, all of which are over 10% alpha acids - MMMMMmmmmm, goin to be so bitter
Sad story last saturday though. I had previously drank 2 beers that evening and went to grab a refill. As soon as I pulled the tap on my IPA, it just gurgled at me :eek: So I move to the other tap (coffee stout) and I had enough luck to get a full glass, but at the very end of the pour, that tap gurgled at me too!!! I now owned an empty kegerator and I hadn't kegged the newest batch yet. I put my new ESB in there on sunday but I'm a sad man until this weekend when it will be carbonated
we could be 
sometimes lol
Sometimes????Cherry Wheat, coffee stout? why can't you fellas live closer?!!
Sometimes????
doesn't sound like a bad idea! 
It definitely helps me get through the work week. And sometimes is def an understatement Rick/ Horhay!!!
@OC, you gotta get it sooner!!! It's so incredibly easy compared to bottling, you'll wonder why you didnt do it sooner. Plus its really nice when I want to drink out of a specific glass that can hold more than just 12 oz. I am weird about filling the whole thing up so if all I have is 12 oz bottles, then I cant use some of my bigger glasses.... OCD perhaps
It definitely helps me get through the work week. And sometimes is def an understatement Rick/ Horhay!!!
@splax, you gotta get it sooner!!! It's so incredibly easy compared to bottling, you'll wonder why you didnt do it sooner. Plus its really nice when I want to drink out of a specific glass that can hold more than just 12 oz. I am weird about filling the whole thing up so if all I have is 12 oz bottles, then I cant use some of my bigger glasses.... OCD perhaps
I can't wait!
Never had that stuff, dunno about ginger in a beer.... I've had a couple other Bison beers and they're just okay. Their main claim to fame is taht they are all organic. I dont think it makes it taste any better though.
Side note: I just placed an order for a huge quadruple - I'm calling it "The Quadfather". 16 pounds of grain in this bad boy, pilsner base malt with special B, caravienne, aromatic, and belgian candi sugar. It's going to be wonderful
Wow! I'm imagining a darker straw color, but any idea what the ABV or IBUs will be?
Its going to be a little darker than that despite the fact that it has a ton of pilsner malt. The special B has a pretty dark rating, something over 200 lovibond. And the caravienne is reddish as well so Im expecting a reddish-purple color. The candi sugar is just called "amber" as well so who knows how dark that will be. Im not going for much bitterness, I'm estimating only 30 so I can let the malt and yeast phenols dominate. As for alcohol, we'll see if I hit all my gravities and get a good mash (never done this much grain!) but I'm expecting right around 9.0%
This sounds amazing.
But no really, its just like riding a bike, except sweeter 
