I did about 40 oz of a berry mix and it turned out great - gearing up to re-brew this one. Hardest part I had was getting the berry mix into the carboy without spilling them all over the place.
For what it's worth, I brewed mine with an organic berry mix (Blueberry, Raspberry, & Blackberry) that I picked up at Costco for pretty cheap. The brew turned out absolutely fantastic and I cleaned the berries with some 151 as others had suggested.....strained the juice and 151 out and was left...
Turned out fantastic! Been bottled for about a month and each one cracked seems to be better than the last - I do agree with an earlier post too about incorporating some of the yeasties back into your glass.....seems to mellow it out even further. Thanks for all the tips!
Finally racking tonight after way too long in the primary (darn work) - 20 days today. I 'washed' the berry mix in 151 and drained the best I could....It's on it's way into the carboy now and so far it smells like 151-beer. Really hoping this batch isn't going to be compost tea... :-0
Do you think regular Absolut Vodka is strong enough to sterilize my frozen berries? It's the best I have in the liquor cabinet that won't impart any potential flavor....my bourbon's too good to use and I'm not really wanting to go buy any 151 if I don't have to. I plan on racking saturday to...
Trying this one out - just put in primary on Saturday.....man is it bubbling like crazy! Glad I followed the advice found here and put a blow-off on. I'm going to try a mixed berry blend I found at Costco (raspberry, blackberry, and blueberry) and definitely like the liquor sterilizing idea...