I split the batch of the Cherry Stout today, kegging 2.5 gallons of it, and transferring the rest into a 3 gallon carboy (I'm low on bottles). The yeast in the secondary worked, as it dropped the gravity to 1.026, which brings the abv to 3.5%. Not ideal, but not too bad. The cherry flavor right now is similar to the early stages of the Burning Beard...slightly winey flavored but mellow. Not as sweet as cherry juice probably would have been. I might need to either add juice next time, or more cherries, but we'll see how it matures. There was some nice coffee/roasty/chocolate flavors going on and I'm hoping with time the cherry will play nicely of those flavors, which will hopefully come out more as well. I'm debating adding some oak chips to the carboy, just to see what a difference it might add.
Later this week, I hope to get to some reviews of some organic beers I picked up. Eel River Brewing Company in Fortuna, California has come to the Cities. Apparently the first certified organic brewery in the country. So far I've found their IPA, Blonde Ale, and Amber around town. I picked up a sixer of the IPA and a bomber of the Amber, both very, very good and I'll post my reviews soon. Also, on a recent beer run across the border into Wisconsin, El Jefe and I picked up some brews not available in Minnesota. He went for New Glarus and I picked up some Bear Republic and Wolaver's Organic Oatmeal Stout. A beer I've always heard about, I had to pick this up and was glad I did. I'll post thoughts on that as well.
Salud!
Bearded Brewer
5 comments:
Glad to hear the Cherry Stout's turning out well. In response to your question - I actually brewed my raspberry-chocolate stout with raspberry extract. I've brewed with real cherries before (I think you commented on that in my blog), however, but I added them at flameout, and only fermented with them in primary. It added a very mild cherry flavor...I might try sometime with fruit in secondary, but I've already had one contaminated batch and don't want to risk anything.
Looking forward for the first 'official' tasting of the cherry stout!
Its always great to read your blog. This and the previous entry reminds me about the "artisan" side of brewing - which is great! Thanks,
Jim
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