Cranberry winter ale question

[BrewingTravisty]

Ok, so I made my first recipe and brewed it (a winter ale with flavorings inspired by Wassail) and as I can't find cranberries I have heard of people using cranberry juice instead. My brew has already been in primary for 8 days, and I'd rather not do a secondary. The question I have is would it work to just boil the juice and add it straight in? Or does it need boiled at all? Also would it be better to add it for the rest of fermentation? (about another week) or right before bottling?

 

[OmmeGerd]

I use cranberry juice in my cranberry wheat beer. I just added it after primary. Look for 100% juice with no sugar added.

 

[BrewingTravisty]

I use cranberry juice in my cranberry wheat beer. I just added it after primary. Look for 100% juice with no sugar added.

That's what I figured I would get. About how much would you think I should add for a 5 gallon batch? It has a lot of flavors that I want to work together without over powering any of the others. The flavorings I used were sweet orange peels, cinnamon sticks, and Apple extract.

 

[OmmeGerd]

I would add one 32oz bottle, let it blend then pull a sample. You can always add more later, harder to get too much out.

 

[BrewingTravisty]

I would add one 32oz bottle, let it blend then pull a sample. You can always add more later, harder to get too much out.

That's about what I was thinking of adding. I have it cooling off from pasturizing it right now, and am about to add it. I did take a sample to see how it tasted as of now, to get an idea of what to add to it and the roasted malts came through a lot stronger than I expected and the spices/flavorings are barely coming through. I would prefer that to being overly spiced but should I add more of each spice to it with the cranberry? Or just let it go as is, and see how it turns out?

 

[OmmeGerd]

I didn't bother pasteurizing. Just starsanned the bottle cap before I opened it. Figured it was processed before it was packaged and boiling would just drive off some of the aroma.

 

[OmmeGerd]

Also at that point the yeast should have cultural dominance, and the alcohol, hops, and pH should staive off anything from getting to big of a hold.

 

[BrewingTravisty]

Also at that point the yeast should have cultural dominance, and the alcohol, hops, and pH should staive off anything from getting to big of a hold.

Yeah, I thought about that but decided to err on the side of caution. I also didn't fully boil it, I just got it about 150 and kept it there for about 10 minutes figuring that most bugs can't live over 140f.

I also made an oops and added it to the wrong beer lol I added about 2/3 of it to my chocolate stout before realizing that it was the wrong one. Oh well though, hopefully it turns into a happy mistake and the cranberry blends well the chocolate lol