Hey brewers,
Have a blonde ale in the Spike CF-10 right now. Plan is for it to be a Strawberry Shortcake Blonde Ale. Fermented at 68 for 6 days.
Semi-cold crashed two days ago to 55 degrees. Will do second trub dump this evening.
Adding a vanilla bean tincture (3 split/scraped Madagascar vanilla beans in 3oz vodka) after trub dump.
Also, adding 11lbs of strawberry purée to conical.
On that note, I picked up some potassium sorbate thinking I would need it to halt fermentation once I add the purée. At this stage, is that even necessary? If so, can I add it just before (in conjunction with) adding the purée?
As for the purée, my plan was to just dump straight into the conical. Let it sit for a week or ten days, then do another dump via the butterfly valve (trub dump essentially). Then, transfer to kegs. Will the purée settle out so I can dump it? Or, is there a better process for this?
I want the strawberry flavor along with the vanilla to compliment the blonde ale. I don’t want it to be a strawberry smoothie! Haha…Thoughts?
Cheers
Have a blonde ale in the Spike CF-10 right now. Plan is for it to be a Strawberry Shortcake Blonde Ale. Fermented at 68 for 6 days.
Semi-cold crashed two days ago to 55 degrees. Will do second trub dump this evening.
Adding a vanilla bean tincture (3 split/scraped Madagascar vanilla beans in 3oz vodka) after trub dump.
Also, adding 11lbs of strawberry purée to conical.
On that note, I picked up some potassium sorbate thinking I would need it to halt fermentation once I add the purée. At this stage, is that even necessary? If so, can I add it just before (in conjunction with) adding the purée?
As for the purée, my plan was to just dump straight into the conical. Let it sit for a week or ten days, then do another dump via the butterfly valve (trub dump essentially). Then, transfer to kegs. Will the purée settle out so I can dump it? Or, is there a better process for this?
I want the strawberry flavor along with the vanilla to compliment the blonde ale. I don’t want it to be a strawberry smoothie! Haha…Thoughts?
Cheers