2 1/2 lbs. of frozen, thawed at racking, private select blueberries from the grocery store down the road. sat in the carboy for 1 week. not all the berries where consumed by the yeast. some were white while others were reddish and some still blue.
i used the auto syphon and boy did that help filter some of the big clumps. most of the berries were still floating on the top but there were some chunks stuck on the outside of the bottom of the syphon.
the brew was a very DEEP blue in the carboy. it is sitting at 25 psi in the fridge which is in the 30's. tomorrow before work i will turn it down to 12 psi and bleed the keg a little. by Wednesday i figure i should be real close if not set with the right carbonation. will keep you all posted. this was not a recipe just winged this one.
Thanks for the update. I had a wild idea about making a blueberry ale and found Maine Wild Blueberries in the frozen section and a 100% blueberry juice in a quart jar that I intend to add to the secondary. I will be bottling rather than kegging though. I don't care for the wheat beers so I went with 6 pounds of Golden Light malt extract, plus steeped 1 pound of Victory malt. 1 oz of Cascade for 40 minutes and 1 oz Saaz for 2 minutes. I'm hoping to sample the first bottle about Christmas time.
I love Sea Dog Blueberry Wheat. I get some every year, although it is starting to be available more. I tried to make a blueberry beer and quit, never as good as Sea Dog. Think I go dig in the beer fridge I have a few left in the back.
yeah my parents still live in Maine thats where I grew up... I got married to a Vermonter though so I am here now.... Turns out they sell Sea Dog here in VT! haha super excited now!
I'd like to know how both of the brews turn out. jimmythefoot & RM-MN please keep us updated. My first try at a blueberry wheat turned out mediocre at best. I used blueberry extract tough. Another good blueberry beer to try is SweetWater Blue. So if you ever find yourself in the south east US give it a try.
I had tried earlier to make a blueberry cream ale and a blueberry red ale using just extract flavoring and I'm not satisfied with the flavor/smell from that. I had bought a bottle of blueberry extract from Midwest Supplies and used at the rate they suggested. It had a bite to it that wasn't real pleasant that wasn't present in the other half of either batch that didn't get the extract. That's why I wanted to try it with real blueberries and blueberry juice.
I live in an area where there are sometimes lots of wild blueberries to pick and I know the difference in taste between them and the tame blueberries. That is part of the reason for the Maine wild blueberries that I bought. I probably would have used just them but I had already spent the money on the blueberry juice so I will use that along with the real berries.
quick update on blueberry wheat
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