After getting a couple brews under my belt, I've decided I'm going to experiment a little with half of my 5 gallons of stout that just passed the 2 week mark in the primary (2 weeks, 3 days to be exact). I'm checking the gravity again tonight to see if it's fallen at all but if it's steady then I'm going to do the following:
-Leave about half in the primary for another couple of weeks, then bottle.
-Rack the other half to secondary on top of about 1.5lbs of thawed raspberries (store-bought, frozen to start. heat up and keep at 160 for about 15 minutes, then add). Leave for two weeks, then bottle with 1oz of unsweetened cocoa in the the priming mixture. Hopefully this will create an awesome, subtle, dessert-style Chocolate Raspberry Stout!
Any critiques from those of you who've worked with fruit before?
-Leave about half in the primary for another couple of weeks, then bottle.
-Rack the other half to secondary on top of about 1.5lbs of thawed raspberries (store-bought, frozen to start. heat up and keep at 160 for about 15 minutes, then add). Leave for two weeks, then bottle with 1oz of unsweetened cocoa in the the priming mixture. Hopefully this will create an awesome, subtle, dessert-style Chocolate Raspberry Stout!
Any critiques from those of you who've worked with fruit before?