mhurst111
Well-Known Member
I brewed BM Centennial blonde back on 3/16. Racked it onto 6lbs of strawberries on 3/23 when gravity was 1.010. Sat on the berries until 3/31. Fg at that time was 1.008. Let it sit in tertiary for another week and bottled on 4/7 using 1/4 cup of corn sugar.
This is what the bottles look like now. Hard to see in the photo, but lots of floating strawberry materials.
This is what they look like after sitting in the fridge for 24 hours. There is .5 to .75 inches of sediment. Way more than I typically get in a bottle conditioned beer.
This what it looks like in a glass. Light carbonation after 15 days, Tastes good, lots of floating bits...
So my question is, will the increased sediment that I am sure is berry parts continue to ferment making bottle bombs? I'm thinking I need to take a sample bottle every week or so until I hit the carbonation level I want and then stove top pasturize.
I think the lesson learned from this batch is let fruit beers sit in tertiary longer...
Any other thought or ideas
Thanks
This is what the bottles look like now. Hard to see in the photo, but lots of floating strawberry materials.
This is what they look like after sitting in the fridge for 24 hours. There is .5 to .75 inches of sediment. Way more than I typically get in a bottle conditioned beer.
This what it looks like in a glass. Light carbonation after 15 days, Tastes good, lots of floating bits...
So my question is, will the increased sediment that I am sure is berry parts continue to ferment making bottle bombs? I'm thinking I need to take a sample bottle every week or so until I hit the carbonation level I want and then stove top pasturize.
I think the lesson learned from this batch is let fruit beers sit in tertiary longer...
Any other thought or ideas
Thanks