Had some leftovers from a sahti x stout run I recently made for a birthday bash. Not enough of the crucial Viking Malt Chocolate Light to replay the well-received recipe, though, and the hops box was on its last crumbs of whathaveyou. I decided this is the time to be brave…
Bought a bag of frozen blueberries (200 g). Mashed a dark brew with a colourful ensemble of malts (Simpsons Maris Otter pale, Simpsons Premium English caramalt, Viking Black malt and Chocolate Light, and Tuoppi rye caramel malt). Infused the blueberries in 1,5 L of water (no boiling) with 20 g of Amarillo pellets. Realised my only option for first hops was Citra – well at least it’s high in alphas, in we go at T minus 45 minutes. Brought the infusion to boil and added to the wort at 20 minutes. Scraped the last of a Kent Goldings bag for a 15 min addition.
I’ve never been a fan of beer with seasonings, so this is quite the experiment. We’ll see what kind of animal comes out the tap in due time.
21 L in total… so probably not a great deal of blueberriness is to be expected after looking at your numbers :D I was going for a nuance, but might not get even as much.
Years ago in heady engineering student days we made blueberry wine (while stationed at a nuclear power plant revision, naughty!) and the taste still lingers, in a good way. Maybe I’ll try your numbers later :)