Torchiest
Well-Known Member
I'm planning on bottling my oatmeal stout tonight. I want to split off a portion of it and try some experimental flavors. I want to do up to a gallon with blackberry extract, and a half gallon with fresh mint leaves.
Here are my questions:
Here are my questions:
- Do I need to rack to a secondary for the portion with blackberry extract, or can I just add it to my bottling bucket once I get down to a gallon or so remaining?
- Do I need to somehow sanitize or sterilize the blackberry extract?
- How would I best sanitize the mint? Boil it? Add it to some cheap vodka and dump that in?
- Would I have contamination worries if I just put leaves into the secondary directly?
- Is there anything else I'm failing to take into consideration?