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Blue Berries? (Looking for ideas!)

PostPosted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:52 pm
by Radkal
Ok. So I work on a blueberry farm and have access to a lot of seconds (soft, over ripe, and damaged fruit). I was wondering if anyone had a recipe that could make use of these little blue bits of joy.

I'm really new to brewing and aside from adding fruit to a standard sort of mash I'm pretty much lost.

:text-thankyoublue: In advance!

Re: Blue Berries? (Looking for ideas!)

PostPosted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:09 pm
by bluc
Fill ya fermenter blitz to get more in. Add pectainaise follow packet directions or dont up to you, using it will make more sugar but also more methanol.. With any 100% fruit mash double fores cut. Add a good wine yest will be sluggish ferment. Not sure how you would go stripping sludge in airstill :think: most use a steam still or direct fire and very gently heated.. after double fores cut do cuts as usual age on french oak enjoy :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Re: Blue Berries? (Looking for ideas!)

PostPosted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:36 pm
by Radkal
Cheers! Seems like too good chance to pass up! :D yeah, air still isnt the greatest tool for anything, but its the tool i've got for the minute!

Re: Blue Berries? (Looking for ideas!)

PostPosted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:45 pm
by bluc
I would strain squeeze pulp only put liquid in still. Pulp in an airstill i think will be asking for trouble :handgestures-thumbdown:

Re: Blue Berries? (Looking for ideas!)

PostPosted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:49 pm
by Radkal
That makes sense! Yeah cleaning gunk out of the gland end on it would be a nightmare!

My other idea was to do a wash, and after stripping to let some berries soak in it before doing a spirit run. (frozen first so they'd be nice and soft when they thaw.) then straining them out before doing the spirit run.

Re: Blue Berries? (Looking for ideas!)

PostPosted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 9:49 pm
by The Stig
Don’t try dehydrating them, they turn into chewy little sugar pills :angry-banghead:
Oh wait 8-}

Re: Blue Berries? (Looking for ideas!)

PostPosted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:04 pm
by RC Al
Blueberry g dropper is my favorite one :teasing-tease:

Re: Blue Berries? (Looking for ideas!)

PostPosted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 8:53 am
by wynnum1
Could try making a Blue Berries wine and then fortify with neutral.

Re: Blue Berries? (Looking for ideas!)

PostPosted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 4:03 pm
by Yonder
They mAke a hell of a mead, add ing after the ferment for a week. Make a nice sweet addition to your thumper charge, too. :D

Re: Blue Berries? (Looking for ideas!)

PostPosted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 5:57 pm
by Wobblyboot
Blueberries are very low in sugar, better used like a himbeergeist. Look for heidelbeer schnaps.

Re: Blue Berries? (Looking for ideas!)

PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:44 pm
by sloth
did you come up with a good recipe? ive got a few kgs here id like to try and im wondering how much to use in a 25L wash

Re: Blue Berries? (Looking for ideas!)

PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 4:18 pm
by garouda
Wobblyboot wrote:Blueberries are very low in sugar, better used like a himbeergeist. Look for heidelbeer schnaps.

This is indeeed what I was about to answer...
Himbeergeist = raspberry spirit or eau-de-vie. Berries like blueberries, raspberries or mulberries have a too low sugar content to be processed like other fruit brandies.
The raspberries are expediently ground or mashed and then soaked in undiluted spirit (90-95%), with 0.5l – 0.7l of spirit being taken into account per kg of berries.
They will stay for one or two weeks, then be distilled in a pot still. As blueberries have got less flavour than raspberries, I would take 0.5l/kg.

Re: Blue Berries? (Looking for ideas!)

PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 4:34 pm
by chipboy
Completely agree, just doing 30kg of mulberries and expect low output and little flavour.