Hindsight is 20/20 but I guess making mistakes is part of the learning process. I brewed a Belgian Dark Strong a few months ago and then racked off 1 gallon onto a # of cherries and Russian River's Consecration bottle dregs. I bottled the remaining Dark Strong 10 days ago and decided to taste the gallon racked onto the cherries last night. I like where it's gone but it's tart. Not so tart that I won't enjoy a bottle but I worry about what might happen in the bottle over time.
Had I not bottled the base beer I could blend away, lesson learned. My question is, should I bottle the gallon racked onto the cherries, drinking it young, or could I open a bottle or two that probably isn't fully carbonated yet and use that to blend with the other gallon?
Any advice here would be greatly appreciated.
Had I not bottled the base beer I could blend away, lesson learned. My question is, should I bottle the gallon racked onto the cherries, drinking it young, or could I open a bottle or two that probably isn't fully carbonated yet and use that to blend with the other gallon?
Any advice here would be greatly appreciated.