ArmyATCBrewer
Well-Known Member
So, I've been brewing for a little while now (5th batch) and so far it's all turned out pretty well. I typically don't buy recipe kits, but I decided to go with on this time. I purchased a Vanilla Porter kit and wanted to add blueberries in the secondary. So, I calculated how many pounds of the fruit I'd need using this (http://www.midwestsupplies.com/beer-fruit-amount.html). So I used 9# as opposed to the 10# recommended in the link (mostly because the blueberries came in 3# bags and I don't know what I would do with an additional 2#).
Since I put the berries in the secondary frozen, my temp dropped way down (around 45*F), but after more than 24 hours with no activity, I opened the fermenter to stir up the yeast, thinking maybe I had stuck fermentation. I also took a small sample and realized that I basically have blueberry wine-porter. It's obviously beyond being the porter I'd hoped for at this point, but is there something I can do with/to what I have to make the best of a bad situation? It'll be drank either way, but I just want to hopefully use this as an opportunity to do something creative. Thanks!
Since I put the berries in the secondary frozen, my temp dropped way down (around 45*F), but after more than 24 hours with no activity, I opened the fermenter to stir up the yeast, thinking maybe I had stuck fermentation. I also took a small sample and realized that I basically have blueberry wine-porter. It's obviously beyond being the porter I'd hoped for at this point, but is there something I can do with/to what I have to make the best of a bad situation? It'll be drank either way, but I just want to hopefully use this as an opportunity to do something creative. Thanks!