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Blueberry Maple Porter

Postby dcp277 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:00 pm

I'm thinking of trying to brew a Blueberry and Maple Porter this winter, but I've never brewed with maple or blueberries before. I want both flavors there, but not overpowering and mostly in the aftertaste. This is what I came up with, but I don't know if the amount of maple syrup and blueberries are correct to accomplish this. Any ideas?

6lbs light DME
1lb Caramunich III malt
1lb pure Maple Syrup
0.5lb Chocolate malt
0.5lb Peated malt
0.25lb Brown malt
0.125lb Roasted Barley
1oz Galena (60min)
0.5oz Goldings (30min)
WLP023 (Burton Ale)
1 quart of blueberries added to the secondary



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Re: Blueberry Maple Porter

Postby Stihler » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:16 pm

It looks good though I don't believe you have nearly enough blue berries.

Most fruit beers use at least two or three pounds if not more of fruit and then they generally have a fairly insipid beer as the base beer style.

I suspect with a porter as you base style you will not really be able to pick out the blue berries.

Even with an insipid style such as a cream ale I believe you might have problems detecting only a quart blue berries.

I'd suggest using at least a pound or two of berries and even then I suspect the blue berry character will like be very subtle.

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Re: Blueberry Maple Porter

Postby beernut » Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:36 am

I've been thinking of brewing a berry beer and a lot of the recipes I have found call for 5 to 6 pounds of fruit. I don't want a real strong berry taste either. Your recipe looks good. Try it and let us know if you get the flavor you wanted.. Good luck.
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Re: Blueberry Maple Porter

Postby dcp277 » Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:26 pm

So my brews are piling up a bit so I've had more time to look into this. I found a blueberry porter recipe at byo ( http://byo.com/component/resource/artic ... rry-porter ) that used 4lbs of blueberries and said it had a noticeable flavor and aroma. So with the maple and extra malt in mine, I'm guessing I'm going to have to use a similar amount like suggested to get the subtle effect I want. Think blueberry pancakes.

Unless I put this off so long there's cheap blueberries out, I'll probably end up using frozen ones. I've found two different methods to use them: 1) briefly microwave them to thaw them and get the juices flowing or 2) lightly crush them and put them in a bowl of water with 1/2 campden tab (to sterilize) and a few drops of pectin enzyme (to reduce haze). Has anyone tried either of these methods or another?

Also, is two weeks long enough to leave the beer racked on the berries to get all the flavor and aroma out?
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Re: Blueberry Maple Porter

Postby And1129 » Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:59 am

Ever since my first porter, I have been thinking about making a maple porter. I'm not exactally sure where the idea came from, but it sounded good. Blueberries would certinly impart an interesting charcteristic, but i think i'd like to try this recipie without any fruits to simply attempt a maple porter. Would using pure maple syrup be the best way to accomplish this?
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Re: Blueberry Maple Porter

Postby Wild » Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:08 am

That'll work unless you have access to a whole lot of maple sap.
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