So my mother calls me the other day to see how the "brewing thing" is going. After a short talk she tells me about a blueberry-vanilla beer that she had and that she really liked it (she's not a beer drinker by any stretch). Of course she couldn't remember the name of the beer which would help me out a bunch for research.
Anyway...the way she talked hints that she would like me to try and make something similar to bring to the lake house this summer. So I'm coming to the brain trust for some suggestions.
First things first...I'm only set up for extract brewing at the moment. But I'm thinking I could start with a cream ale as a base. Then rack it onto some blueberry puree for the blueberry aspect. The only part I'm not sure of is how to deal with the vanilla. I'm thinking it is something that would best be added at bottling, but I'm not sure.
So any suggestions are welcome. I'm not set on a cream ale either. I only chose that because I know it tends to be on the "sweeter" side. As I said, she doesn't necessarily like that "beer taste". Her words...not mine. So any suggestions need to be on the low hop side.
Thanks all!
Anyway...the way she talked hints that she would like me to try and make something similar to bring to the lake house this summer. So I'm coming to the brain trust for some suggestions.
First things first...I'm only set up for extract brewing at the moment. But I'm thinking I could start with a cream ale as a base. Then rack it onto some blueberry puree for the blueberry aspect. The only part I'm not sure of is how to deal with the vanilla. I'm thinking it is something that would best be added at bottling, but I'm not sure.
So any suggestions are welcome. I'm not set on a cream ale either. I only chose that because I know it tends to be on the "sweeter" side. As I said, she doesn't necessarily like that "beer taste". Her words...not mine. So any suggestions need to be on the low hop side.
Thanks all!