Fruit Beer Blueberry Oatmeal IPA

[treacheroustexan]

Recipe Type

All Grain

Yeast

WLP001

Yeast Starter

Yes

Batch Size (Gallons)

5.5

Original Gravity

1.056

Final Gravity

1.011

Boiling Time (Minutes)

60

IBU

47

Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

14 days @ 68 degrees F

Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

7 days @ 68 degrees F

Tasting Notes

A clean IPA with blueberry notes

Grain: (mash at 152f)
10 lbs 8 oz 2 Row Pale
1 lbs Flaked Oats

Hops:
1 oz Mosaic @ 60
1 oz Mosaic @ 5
1 oz Mosaic @ 0
2 oz Mosaic (Dry hopped after racking onto of blueberries)

Ferment for about two weeks, rack beer on top of 5# blueberries and add dry hops.

I wanted the base beer to be super light in color so it would pick up good color from the blueberries.

 

[hopularkid]

Recipe looks good, but I'm gonna tweak it and add munich 10L and use S-04 for a "bready" or "biscuity" flavor to give it a sort of "muffin-like" flavor. Will brew this in a few weeks. Will post updates!

 

[treacheroustexan]

Recipe looks good, but I'm gonna tweak it and add munich 10L and use S-04 for a "bready" or "biscuity" flavor to give it a sort of "muffin-like" flavor. Will brew this in a few weeks. Will post updates!

Yes, please keep me posted!

 

[beerguyfrmsd]

The recipe is so simple, Im diggin it. Gives me an idea for a smash beer flavor addition. Cheers

 

[dawn_kiebawls]

Recipe looks good, but I'm gonna tweak it and add munich 10L and use S-04 for a "bready" or "biscuity" flavor to give it a sort of "muffin-like" flavor. Will brew this in a few weeks. Will post updates!

I second the notion! Give updates with how the 'blueberry muffin' brew turns out. I have been mulling over the idea of a blueberry muffin brew for a while now and will need all the help I can get!

 

[treacheroustexan]

The recipe is so simple, Im diggin it. Gives me an idea for a smash beer flavor addition. Cheers

Cheers!

 

[madscientist451]

I've been doing some experiments racking beer/cider onto blueberries and keeping it cold so the fermentation doesn't kick off. Basically trying to capture the fruit flavor/aroma without adding fermented fruit acid character.
Also, I freeze the blueberries before use and smash them up a bit.
I'm going to use the above recipe next time, and use a keg with a shortened dip tube and just leave the blueberries in there until the beer is gone or maybe pressure transfer to another keg.

 

[Miraculix]

Hmmmmmm... This might go well as a smash Munich malt and noble hop version as well! Might gonna try it!

 

[treacheroustexan]

I gotta brew this again soon to get it in a keg for football season!

 

[hopularkid]

Brewed this tonight. Finally!
In addtion to the 2 row & flaked oats i added Munich Light 6L & a little biscuit malt per my LHBS guy. Using US-04. Will post how it comes out

 

[treacheroustexan]

Brewed this tonight. Finally!
In addtion to the 2 row & flaked oats i added Munich Light 6L & a little biscuit malt per my LHBS guy. Using US-04. Will post how it comes out

Nice! Looking forward to the results!

 

[hopularkid]

Got a damn infection. Racked it off, added lactose, forgot before. Gonna let it sit for a week or two. tastes nice

 

[treacheroustexan]

Got a damn infection. Racked it off, added lactose, forgot before. Gonna let it sit for a week or two. tastes nice

Dang, sorry to hear! Hopefully it all works out.

 

[hopularkid]

Dang, sorry to hear! Hopefully it all works out.

Yea, it sucks! Was looking forward to this one. Now it's gonna be a totally different beer. I'll brew it again at some point.

 

[treacheroustexan]

Yea, it sucks! Was looking forward to this one. Now it's gonna be a totally different beer. I'll brew it again at some point.

Curious, did anything ever happen with this beer? Drink or dump?

 

[hopularkid]

Curious, did anything ever happen with this beer? Drink or dump?

Ended up dumping it. Will brew it again this year.

 

[ChaseP]

Recipe looks good, but I'm gonna tweak it and add munich 10L and use S-04 for a "bready" or "biscuity" flavor to give it a sort of "muffin-like" flavor. Will brew this in a few weeks. Will post updates!

How much of the Munich 10L did you add? Did you still use the 10lbs 8oz of 2 Row and 1lbs of Flaked Oats?

 

[Mark Thepen]

Hey TreacherousTexan & Everyone,

I'm an amateur homebrewer and an all-time reader, first time poster on Homebrewtalk
My first batch was one of those LME Extract Out-of-the-Box IPA Kits, which came out ..Fine..lol

After much more learning and gathering equipment, I've made a BIAB Batch of Your Recipe!
Tomorrow I'm at 2 Weeks in the Primary and ready for the blueberries, I have (2x) 2kg Frozen Bags of Canadian Wild Blueberries.

My question to you or anyone, is How did you find the Blueberry flavor with the 5lb addition?
I'm debating throwing ALL 4kg(8.8lbs) I have or cutting down to 5-6lbs for the 5-ish gallon batch.
At the end of the day, Super excited to try this Brew

Will update with Pictures

 

[Miraculix]

Hey TreacherousTexan & Everyone,

I'm an amateur homebrewer and an all-time reader, first time poster on Homebrewtalk
My first batch was one of those LME Extract Out-of-the-Box IPA Kits, which came out ..Fine..lol

After much more learning and gathering equipment, I've made a BIAB Batch of Your Recipe!
Tomorrow I'm at 2 Weeks in the Primary and ready for the blueberries, I have (2x) 2kg Frozen Bags of Canadian Wild Blueberries.

My question to you or anyone, is How did you find the Blueberry flavor with the 5lb addition?
I'm debating throwing ALL 4kg(8.8lbs) I have or cutting down to 5-6lbs for the 5-ish gallon batch.
At the end of the day, Super excited to try this Brew

Will update with Pictures View attachment 672795

Be sure to do something against possible infections. Just reacking on unpasteurised blueberries well likely give you one.

 

[treacheroustexan]

Hey TreacherousTexan & Everyone,

I'm an amateur homebrewer and an all-time reader, first time poster on Homebrewtalk
My first batch was one of those LME Extract Out-of-the-Box IPA Kits, which came out ..Fine..lol

After much more learning and gathering equipment, I've made a BIAB Batch of Your Recipe!
Tomorrow I'm at 2 Weeks in the Primary and ready for the blueberries, I have (2x) 2kg Frozen Bags of Canadian Wild Blueberries.

My question to you or anyone, is How did you find the Blueberry flavor with the 5lb addition?
I'm debating throwing ALL 4kg(8.8lbs) I have or cutting down to 5-6lbs for the 5-ish gallon batch.
At the end of the day, Super excited to try this Brew

Will update with Pictures View attachment 672795

That's super exciting! I'm glad to hear you brewed it. I was thinking about this recipe the other day and trying to figure out when I can brew it again. In my opinion, the 5 lbs. of blueberries was very balanced with the mosaic hops and still tasted like an IPA with hints of blueberry. Not too overpowering at all. I've never brewed it with more than 5 lbs. so I can't really say how it will turn out but if you still want some of the IPA/bitter characteristics I'd stick with the 5-6lbs, but if you want to kind of hide some of the hops & bitterness and make it more fruit forward I see no problem adding all of your blueberries. Just depends on your taste preference! Looking forward to see how it turns out for you.

As far as pasteurization goes for the blueberries, with frozen blueberries I've rarely done anything other than dump the frozen bag into the carboy. A lot of people I've seen have put the blueberries in a pot on the stove and heat it to 160F (~72c) and hold it for 5-10 minutes to kill off any bugs that might end up infecting your beer.

 

[Mark Thepen]

There are so many Posts on HBT about Pasteurizing versus Adding Frozen (Whole) and honestly, I wanted to add them whole, instead of working with a goopy mess.
I figure I take my chances, and dumped the whole lot of Blueberries (4kg/8.8lbs) & Mosaic Hops (2oz) into the Secondary.
While transferring the Mosaic Brew, it smelt delicious and now the airlock is pretty active.
Can't wait to try It!

Will Update with Pics

 

[Mark Thepen]

(Just a quick update since I have all this time off due to the Pandemic happening)
Primary was transferred last Friday to the Secondary, so this would be the 5th day. All the Blueberries have now risen to the top, no signs of infection, lots of activity in the airlock and it has turned a dark purple lol.

 

[Mark Thepen]

Good Friday to Everyone! So it's been Two Weeks in the Secondary, and there's still a small but constant amount of activity through the airlock. So I may hold off bottling till next week.
I've also obtained a free chest freezer from a neighbor and purchased a electronic thermostat, which I'm playing and testing with, before I decide whether or not to Cold Crash the Blueberry Beer.
Will Update with Pics.

 

[treacheroustexan]

Good Friday to Everyone! So it's been Two Weeks in the Secondary, and there's still a small but constant amount of activity through the airlock. So I may hold off bottling till next week.
I've also obtained a free chest freezer from a neighbor and purchased a electronic thermostat, which I'm playing and testing with, before I decide whether or not to Cold Crash the Blueberry Beer.
Will Update with Pics.

Loving the updates, thanks! Looking forward to it.

 

[treacheroustexan]

Good Friday to Everyone! So it's been Two Weeks in the Secondary, and there's still a small but constant amount of activity through the airlock. So I may hold off bottling till next week.
I've also obtained a free chest freezer from a neighbor and purchased a electronic thermostat, which I'm playing and testing with, before I decide whether or not to Cold Crash the Blueberry Beer.
Will Update with Pics.

Hey, how did this turn out? Getting ready to brew another batch myself.

 

[BYOB504]

May brew this beer next week how did it turn out

 

[Jabob513]

I've got a batch made with Wundergrain and flaked oats resting on 5 pounds of blueberries and an oz of mosaic dryhop right now.......This thing smells amazing, I'm planning on bottling Monday and it's gonna be real hard to wait till it's properly carbed to crack into it!

 

[BYOB504]

Let me know how it comes out I got the specialty grains in the mail and going to brew when they get in.

 

[treacheroustexan]

I've got a batch made with Wundergrain and flaked oats resting on 5 pounds of blueberries and an oz of mosaic dryhop right now.......This thing smells amazing, I'm planning on bottling Monday and it's gonna be real hard to wait till it's properly carbed to crack into it!

Glad to hear you're enjoying so far haha. Let me know how it turns out!

 

[Jabob513]

Cracked into these after a long wait......Plenty of blueberry flavor, a great color and aroma! I'll definitely make it again, might swap out the oats for some wheat next time to try and boost the mouthfeel a little bit. I don't think I got much oat contribution from the oats. I could also try toasting them?

Thanks for the great recipe!