I have brewed a Strawberry Blonde a few times and is comes out great. I add 4 lbs. of fresh frozen strawberries to the secondary. Im thinking about doing a Blueberry this time. I love Blue Points Blueberry Ale and was wondering how many lbs. of berries to use? Do blueberries give as much or less flavor then strawberries? If anyone has made this before help would be appreciated. If not I will post results incase anyone else is looking to do the same. I dont want to use extract as it is not the same.
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In my experience, I need more blueberries for the same effect as I would strawberries. For a 5 gallon batch, I would use 10# of strawberries; for blueberries, I would use close to 15#.
Thank You that points me in the right direction.
how are you using the strawberry/blueberry in your brewing session? fresh, frozen, whole, puree, in the secondary, primary fermenter?
I'd use fresh blueberries, first pasturized 170* for 15-20 minutes then puree in a food processor or blender.
IMHO 10 pounds of blueberries would go a long way in the secondary. keep tasting the brew until desire level is met. then use gelatin for finings and crash cool to drop out the particles before transfering to keg or bottling bucket
I'd use fresh blueberries, first pasturized 170* for 15-20 minutes then puree in a food processor or blender.
IMHO 10 pounds of blueberries would go a long way in the secondary. keep tasting the brew until desire level is met. then use gelatin for finings and crash cool to drop out the particles before transfering to keg or bottling bucket
I usually use fresh frozen. I just thaw them out put them in a bag and leave in secondary for 7-10 days. If I puree should I put in a bag?
Vance71975
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Blueberry hands down! I would use 3lbs per gallon. so 15lbs for a 5 gallon batch.
Brewskii
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Dude, that's like $150 in blueberries.
I picked up 9 lbs. of blueberries today (those things are expensive $30) will add them on Tuesday. They were more then the rest of the ingredients ....... sure hope it turns out good. If not well it is %6.5 ABV so after a few who will know the difference.
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