I put together a quick recipe on a blueberry beer, and we brewed it a few weeks ago. I just wanted to post a quick few pics on the carboy. The blueberries add a very prominent pink color to the beer. I added the blueberries into the secondary during the primary to secondary racking. I've just racked this to a tertiary fermentation carboy in order to help it clear some more. I'll be crash cooling this over the next week, and then bottling.
7.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain
3.00 lb Wheat Malt, Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain
2.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain
60 min 1.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (60 min) Hops
10 min 0.28 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
10 min 1.10 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
7 min 1.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (7 min) Hops
Add 6 pints (4.5 lbs) blueberries to secondary at racking.
I'm worried there won't be much if any of the blueberry flavor showing through the beer. I think 4.5 lbs may have been a bit too little to compete with the crystal malts...but we shall see. Either way, I think it should turn out good. This will likely get bottled Mid-September.
Have you been able to crack a bottle yet?
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ReplyDeleteWe have, and this stuff is the bees knees!!! The bitterness is a bit above what a normal fruit beer would be, but it lends itself really well to the palate. The only blueberry flavor that shows through is on the back end of the taste. In my opinion, it ended up a 8 out of 10.
Thanks for commenting too by the way :-)
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