I've been brewing wine for years, and in the past few months I've been making some beer while I wait on wine juice to come in. Being a new brewer, I just want to check with everyone to see if my thinking is along the right path for this experiment. I've made three batches of beer before (all ales, one wheat). For my 4th batch, I selected a kit from Midwest:
The bakery my girlfriend works at was getting rid of about 5 lbs of banana puree, so we decided to put it to good use.... beer.
My thought process here is to brew the kit as instructed, put it into the primary for a week or so until the primary fermentation is done. Then I'm going to add about 4 ounces of cacao nibs, and a few lbs of the banana puree to the container while it completes the secondary fermentation/clarification. I'm totally torn, and quite confused if I should rack it between the primary/secondary, as just about every thread on the topic goes back and forth causing me more confusion.
I do have a couple of open ale pales, but no glass carboys available at the moment.
Please poke holes in my plans, and tell me what you think would be better, or if I might have a decent chance at pulling this out.
I suppose the worst case scenario, I make some crappy beer while drinking beer and enjoying a cigar.
btw: been lurking for a while, so here's my "first post".
Oatmeal Stout w/ **Fermentis Safale S-04 11.5 gm dry yeast**
This Stout kit is smoother, slightly sweeter, and has a clean, roasted, malty flavor and chewy texture from the oats. Our ingredients for this recipe include: 6 lbs. Dark liquid malt extract, 8 oz. Rolled Oats, 4 oz. Chocolate Malt, 4 oz. Roasted Barley specialty grains, 1 oz. Fuggle pellet hops, yeast, priming sugar and a grain bag.
The bakery my girlfriend works at was getting rid of about 5 lbs of banana puree, so we decided to put it to good use.... beer.
My thought process here is to brew the kit as instructed, put it into the primary for a week or so until the primary fermentation is done. Then I'm going to add about 4 ounces of cacao nibs, and a few lbs of the banana puree to the container while it completes the secondary fermentation/clarification. I'm totally torn, and quite confused if I should rack it between the primary/secondary, as just about every thread on the topic goes back and forth causing me more confusion.
I do have a couple of open ale pales, but no glass carboys available at the moment.
Please poke holes in my plans, and tell me what you think would be better, or if I might have a decent chance at pulling this out.
I suppose the worst case scenario, I make some crappy beer while drinking beer and enjoying a cigar.
btw: been lurking for a while, so here's my "first post".