Do Oranges and Raspberries go together.
I have a raspberry chocolate porter in the fermenter right now. The raspberries and cocoa have been in a week so far. Planning to leave it another 3 weeks on the fruit before bottling.
I also have the zest of 6 oranges that have been in vodka for a week. My plan is to add the zest and vodka to the beer in another week, and let it sit in the beer for 2 weeks before bottling.
Is this too much?? At first it seemed like a good idea, but now I'm wondering if I'm trying to put too much in the beer.
It's a Porter with lots of chocolate malt, some C90, a touch (0.25 lbs) of Honey malt, and some acid malt. No black or roast malts. Mt Rainier hops, and half a stick of brewers licorice, fermented with Thames II yeast.
9 lbs of raspberries and 12 ozs of cocoa powder in 7.5 gallons.
I have a raspberry chocolate porter in the fermenter right now. The raspberries and cocoa have been in a week so far. Planning to leave it another 3 weeks on the fruit before bottling.
I also have the zest of 6 oranges that have been in vodka for a week. My plan is to add the zest and vodka to the beer in another week, and let it sit in the beer for 2 weeks before bottling.
Is this too much?? At first it seemed like a good idea, but now I'm wondering if I'm trying to put too much in the beer.
It's a Porter with lots of chocolate malt, some C90, a touch (0.25 lbs) of Honey malt, and some acid malt. No black or roast malts. Mt Rainier hops, and half a stick of brewers licorice, fermented with Thames II yeast.
9 lbs of raspberries and 12 ozs of cocoa powder in 7.5 gallons.