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sleepydave · 06-26-2010, 03:47 AM

I'm going to have to agree, I made some changes and the beer still came out really nice. Just tasted, took a gravity reading (1.015 after 7 days fermenting), and threw her on 30oz of raspberries and 10oz of blueberries. She's been on the fruit for a couple hours now and is starting to look quite nice! After the sample, I have very high hopes for this brew.

HalfPint · 06-26-2010, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepydave

I'm going to have to agree, I made some changes and the beer still came out really nice. Just tasted, took a gravity reading (1.015 after 7 days fermenting), and threw her on 30oz of raspberries and 10oz of blueberries. She's been on the fruit for a couple hours now and is starting to look quite nice! After the sample, I have very high hopes for this brew.

What were your changes?

sleepydave · 06-26-2010, 05:28 PM

different hops, different yeast, some liquid malt extract in the mix. i listed the changes on page two in more detail. smelled absolutely amazing as I was putting her in secondary, tasted very nice, but the aroma was heavenly!

HalfPint · 06-26-2010, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepydave

different hops, different yeast, some liquid malt extract in the mix. i listed the changes on page two in more detail. smelled absolutely amazing as I was putting her in secondary, tasted very nice, but the aroma was heavenly!

I mean I have the conversions done properly, but I'm just a little confused about what the IBU's would be. To me, this is just a typical brown ale with a fruit addition. With that said, should it be hopped to an American Brown standard?

sleepydave · 06-26-2010, 05:42 PM

Can't really help you there, I'm not a hop lover so I underhopped ontop of the fact that was already working with less AA's from my varieties.

HalfPint · 06-26-2010, 08:31 PM

So any idea of the IBU's?

ndhoffma · 06-29-2010, 08:57 PM

I added in about 1lb of cherries along with the raspberries just for kicks - turned out very well.

sleepydave · 07-03-2010, 05:38 AM

Just bottled with malt extract and I must say the gravity sample was very tasty. Very dry almost wine like. Raspberry tartness and some hop bitterness up front (i made substitutions though) with a slight malty finish. Alcohol is present throughout, but almost acts like glue. It's holding onto every aspect but it's not crazy. My batch wound up at 7.7% abv, I primaried for a week, secondary for a week on 10oz blueberries and 30oz raspberries.
Quite pleased with this one but cleanup was a slut.

terrencepickles · 07-04-2010, 06:34 AM

When, and for how long is this beer at its prime?

Boston85 · 07-25-2010, 02:51 PM

Is it bad if you use a higher % rate on the hops. I have 1 oz Cent at about 12% and 1 oz Northern at 12% as well. Should I go with less hops since the % is much higher?