Hi,
I have made some beer before with a friend (IPA w/extract) but still consider myself a beginner at brewing beer and I've decided to buy me some gear to get started. I am planning to use a 30L container to make 2 fruit beers, 1st will be a dark creamy orange stout or pale ale, the 2nd will be a dark blueberry stout. My questions that I have not been able to get answers to by scouting google search is how I should really go forward with it. On some places people are saying to add either frozen fruit or fruit puree in the secondary fermentation (which for me will be after tapping on wine bottles). Seeing as I live in norway, fruit puree is hard to find and frozen fruits have microorganisms endangering the whole batch. If I should make my own puree it won't be sterile either. Also, is it possible to have fruit additives when fermenting in the bottles or will the headspace be too small at any rate?
Seeing that this forum is greatly populated I'm hoping someone can help me to find the right solution to help me brew some awesome beer!
I have made some beer before with a friend (IPA w/extract) but still consider myself a beginner at brewing beer and I've decided to buy me some gear to get started. I am planning to use a 30L container to make 2 fruit beers, 1st will be a dark creamy orange stout or pale ale, the 2nd will be a dark blueberry stout. My questions that I have not been able to get answers to by scouting google search is how I should really go forward with it. On some places people are saying to add either frozen fruit or fruit puree in the secondary fermentation (which for me will be after tapping on wine bottles). Seeing as I live in norway, fruit puree is hard to find and frozen fruits have microorganisms endangering the whole batch. If I should make my own puree it won't be sterile either. Also, is it possible to have fruit additives when fermenting in the bottles or will the headspace be too small at any rate?
Seeing that this forum is greatly populated I'm hoping someone can help me to find the right solution to help me brew some awesome beer!