Recent content by OutlawOne

That looks nearly identical to my carboy now I have a bit more airspace than you but same thing, did you add That looks nearly identical to my carboy now I have a bit more airspace than you but same thing, did you add any extract, or were you happy with just the fermentation?

When I blanche fruits when making wine I never have been happy with the sour pulling through always a sweeter outcome. Now thing is my beer has all the berries at the top, I broke the skin on all berries (well 99%) of them I did not puree. Im wondering maybe they will sink when I cold crash.

That is good to know! I was worried that the berries floating above may not ferment properly which was my entire concern which you all have made me feel safe on that end. As to the flavoring I am going to test it after the FG is in range and see if it has the flavor + aroma im looking for, if...

I was thinking about doing the extract at the time of bottling but was worried about an artificial taste I experienced with my apricot wheat I made a few weeks back. Do you suggest just racking the beer onto the extract and bottle from there or should I allow any additional time for it to gather...

I wouldn't physically open it more slosh it around to wet the berries on top. Thoughts?

Hey all! I am making my first attempt at a blueberry ale. I made a low hop American ale 1lb LME 1Lb DME. Fermented out 1 week to 1.008 SG than racking to my secondary with 6lbs of blueberries to my 5 gal batch. I soaked my blueberries in sanstar froze and racked sanstar over to thaw prior to...