How many raisins in a bottle for priming?

Just for ****s and giggles, I want to prime with raisins, what do you guys think, how many raisins should I drop in each 12 oz bottle?

I suspect it will take so many that it will make the beer undrinkable. I've used a raisin puree in the boil bofore but never to just 'drop' into bottles. Hopefully someone can give you the exact sugar potential of raisins.

Raisins are a repulsive abomination. Putting them in beer is the gravest sin imaginable.




That said, you can probably figure it out by looking at a the nutrition info on your box of raisins. Or, better yet, soak a few raisins in water for a week and see how much sugar comes out.

You could prolly calculate it based on the nutrition info/serving on the packet based on the information I posted in my bottling thread based on the basic brewing podcast about alternative priming methods. I used it to prime with jaggery mollasses in my sri lanking stout, and it carbed fine.

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I love raisins....But I bet it would take a lot just to do it in the bottle. I would figure out how much, add them to 2 cups boiling water and let them rehydrate, then mascerate them in a sanitized food processor and then push through a sieve or a strainer till you just have the liquid, then I'd add it just like I would normally prime with 2 cups of water and 5 ounces of sugar.

Wouldnt it be easier to add them to the secondary and just use priming sugar?

wedge421 said:

Wouldnt it be easier to add them to the secondary and just use priming sugar?

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But where's the challenge/fun/sense of experimentation in that?

The OP did say "Just for ****s and giggles....." That kind of implies that he wants to play a bit....

He might get more sh*ts than giggles though...

I would only use them in some bottles, not an entire batch. That way, you have a control to compare against, with the exact same recipe. It might be ok early on, but I suspect that you could get some funk if the bottles hang around too long.

Any update on this?

I too am planning to carbonate a 6pk of my 5g batch with raisins just for poops and haha's. the recipe i have is supposedly a "prohibition recipe" that calls for 4 raisins per bottle.

I think Brooklyn brew shop says its 4 per bottle?

I have used 4 and 5 both worked well.
Make sure they aren't sugared already.

Cheers
Jay

That's what the book says. Wasn't sure if anyone ever brewed it before. I'm also going to run it through a secondary so I'm wondering if ill need to cut back on the raisins

I made a stout one year ago that I primed some bottles with 6 raisins. It turned out ok, did not carb as much as the rest of the batch though. I just found another bottle that is a year old. I am drinking it as I write. It has no head, no carbonation but boy is it smooth. It is black and rich, kind of like a barley wine. I can't wait for my Founders Breakfast Stout to get some age. It's still in the carboy aging. I might bottle it in a couple of weeks and let it age... A lot.