Making a blueberry beer...

What is the best way to make a blueberry beer without turning the beer purple?

blueberry extract flavoring

Yeah, really only way is extract. I did 19 days in secondary on 5 cans of Oregon blueberries and you can BARELY taste the blueberry...and my beer is pinkish.

I had to add extract at bottling anyway.

BrewThruYou said:

Yeah, really only way is extract. I did 19 days in secondary on 5 cans of Oregon blueberries and you can BARELY taste the blueberry...and my beer is pinkish.

I had to add extract at bottling anyway.

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Wow,really? I've heard that frozen blueberries are better (juicier). But barely any flavor? Dang,I wanted to brew up a wildflower honey & blueberry hefe for my wife. So,how much extract,& when would be the best time to add it? Does the extract have sweeteners,or all natural?

I did a combo of both. Used 3 lb of canned blueberry purée, then using that as a liquid I blended up 5 lb of frozen blueberries to smoothie consistency, for a total of 8 lbs of blueberries. Then racked my beer over that in secondary. Let it sit for 12 days, moved to tertiary (filtered as best i could on the way) and added gelatin. Bottled yesterday. It is bright purple, but tasted like fresh blueberries. Shows great promise. When I tasted before the gelatin it was very wine like. Too much tannins from the skin still in suspension. Now it's awesome. I highly recommend a tertiary with gelatin to help it clear!

Awesome good advice. Thanks

unionrdr said:

Wow,really? I've heard that frozen blueberries are better (juicier). But barely any flavor? Dang,I wanted to brew up a wildflower honey & blueberry hefe for my wife. So,how much extract,& when would be the best time to add it? Does the extract have sweeteners,or all natural?

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For my Blueberry Wheat, 2oz of extract at bottling/kegging.

The extract is not sweet at all. I don't know how natural it is.