We have lots of rowan (mountain ash) aka Sorbus aucuparia trees around here so I like to use the berries in my next experimental beer.
Any ideas, what is the best way to go?
I am going to make a small experimental patch and use 10 l of IPA wort.
1) Crushing some in to a juice, heating it to 80C?, cooling and then adding to fermenter.
2) adding berries to the wort at flame out (this is going to be tricky because I need to transfer wort to second pot before that)
3) adding heated juice to wort at flame out - again, I need to transfer the wort but this is probably better than cooling wort and the juice.
Bottom line is, I have no idea what is the best way to go about it and looks like I need your help.
Cheers!
EDIT: To make juice, I need to boil the berries for about 20 min - 1 kg of berries in 0,7 l of water. Usually 500 g of sugar is added to make it sweet.
Any ideas, what is the best way to go?
I am going to make a small experimental patch and use 10 l of IPA wort.
1) Crushing some in to a juice, heating it to 80C?, cooling and then adding to fermenter.
2) adding berries to the wort at flame out (this is going to be tricky because I need to transfer wort to second pot before that)
3) adding heated juice to wort at flame out - again, I need to transfer the wort but this is probably better than cooling wort and the juice.
Bottom line is, I have no idea what is the best way to go about it and looks like I need your help.
Cheers!
EDIT: To make juice, I need to boil the berries for about 20 min - 1 kg of berries in 0,7 l of water. Usually 500 g of sugar is added to make it sweet.