Dukester
Well-Known Member
So I just cranked out my second brew after getting back into it after a 10 year hiatus.
I had a grip of wild blackberries in the freezer and on the recommendation of my LHBS I made a Hefe with a blackberry infusion. In a nutshell, they recommended making the Hefe per their recipe and also making a "tea" from the blackberries seperate from the wort. Put them in a grain bag and heated them in a gallon of water to 200F and then took it off the heat for 20 minutes and then cooled said tea before putting into the fermenter. The wort was then added to the tea already cooled and in the primary.
The short of it, is that after all is said and done I have an OG of 1.060. I'm guessing that I will end up with a Hefe with a high ABV at the end of it but am looking for some advice on where this will go. I'm guessing the tea added a ton of fermentable sugars into the mix. 10 minutes into it, I already have a lot of happy yeast fermenting merrily away.
This is a six gallon batch and I used about 3.8lbs of blackberries to make the tea. The recomendation was 3-5lbs.
If I am missing providing any info, let me know, but basically I looking to find out where this will go.
Thanks much.
Dukester
I had a grip of wild blackberries in the freezer and on the recommendation of my LHBS I made a Hefe with a blackberry infusion. In a nutshell, they recommended making the Hefe per their recipe and also making a "tea" from the blackberries seperate from the wort. Put them in a grain bag and heated them in a gallon of water to 200F and then took it off the heat for 20 minutes and then cooled said tea before putting into the fermenter. The wort was then added to the tea already cooled and in the primary.
The short of it, is that after all is said and done I have an OG of 1.060. I'm guessing that I will end up with a Hefe with a high ABV at the end of it but am looking for some advice on where this will go. I'm guessing the tea added a ton of fermentable sugars into the mix. 10 minutes into it, I already have a lot of happy yeast fermenting merrily away.
This is a six gallon batch and I used about 3.8lbs of blackberries to make the tea. The recomendation was 3-5lbs.
If I am missing providing any info, let me know, but basically I looking to find out where this will go.
Thanks much.
Dukester