rohovie
Active Member
Hello,
Last night I started a new batch. I am making a Raspberry Wheat. After doing it, i'm starting to have second thoughts about the whole process I used.
I used the Black Rock - Whispering Wheat kit with 1.25 kg of Light Malt Extract.
For the raspberry flavour I used 3 pounds of frozen raspberries and boiled them for 3 minutes. (reccomended by LHBS). I added the raspberry mix to the primary. (Maybe Error #1 by me, should I have boiled it? or should I have not added it to the primary? ive read of mixed procedures)
After adding the mix, I stirred the sh*t out of the batch to airate it.
By doing that it broke up all of the raspberries and only leaving the seeds behind (maybe my Error #2). This made the batch fairly red.
Before pitching the yeast I took a hydrometer reading, and only got about 1.035. Is this too low?
Please let me know if you think my batch will turn out funny, if you think i've done something wrong, or if you think it will trn out fine.
Thank you,
Last night I started a new batch. I am making a Raspberry Wheat. After doing it, i'm starting to have second thoughts about the whole process I used.
I used the Black Rock - Whispering Wheat kit with 1.25 kg of Light Malt Extract.
For the raspberry flavour I used 3 pounds of frozen raspberries and boiled them for 3 minutes. (reccomended by LHBS). I added the raspberry mix to the primary. (Maybe Error #1 by me, should I have boiled it? or should I have not added it to the primary? ive read of mixed procedures)
After adding the mix, I stirred the sh*t out of the batch to airate it.
By doing that it broke up all of the raspberries and only leaving the seeds behind (maybe my Error #2). This made the batch fairly red.
Before pitching the yeast I took a hydrometer reading, and only got about 1.035. Is this too low?
Please let me know if you think my batch will turn out funny, if you think i've done something wrong, or if you think it will trn out fine.
Thank you,