Expected FG after lactose and fruit added

[stigman]

I'm in the process of making the Citra Raspberry smoothie ipa someone was talking about on here a few weeks ago. Any way I messed up with my volumes and overshot my OG. Started with 21L @1.082. That's with 500g lactose. Checked gravity after 4 days down to 1.030 and all ready tasting good, so added 2100g Raspberrys. How will the raspberries effect the expected FG. I mashed @65.5°and used 2packs of us-05.
Any help greatly appreciated

 

[Strollon15]

Interesting, i'm doing the same right now, started on Wednesday and adding the raspberries on Sunday although only doing a 12lt BiaB batch.
I'll be interested in any replies as this is a first for me using lactose and fruit.......:thumb:

 

[stigman]

Ah strollon I recognize your avatar now. Adam at baldys brewery recipe. I watched the video after reading your post and had to do this beer. Mines Gona be a lot stronger though hic!

 

[Strollon15]

Yeah Stigman, certainly too tempting not to give it a go.
My OG was 1.055 so no where near as high as yours, wonder why they are SO far apart, yours is certainly going to be a strong beer, i'm assuming mine will be about 5.5% which is perfect for me, unless the fruit confuses things of course.

 

[stigman]

That will be a combination of my messed up volumes, me being a **** head and upping the maris otter by 500g for a bit more oomph! Oh and i also upped the oats by 400g, because he said, when he does it again he would add more oats for a hit more body.

 

[Strollon15]

Lets hope they both turn out well, i'm looking forward to my 1st pint of pink beer......:lol:

Let me know your progress and i'll do the same.

 

[stigman]

Lets hope they both turn out well, i'm looking forward to my 1st pint of pink beer......:lol:

Let me know your progress and i'll do the same.

Will do pal. We should do a bottle swap as well. Might have to put mine in 330ml bottles. Though lol

 

[Fingathing]

I'm in the process of making the Citra Raspberry smoothie ipa someone was talking about on here a few weeks ago. Any way I messed up with my volumes and overshot my OG. Started with 21L @1.082. That's with 500g lactose. Checked gravity after 4 days down to 1.030 and all ready tasting good, so added 2100g Raspberrys. How will the raspberries effect the expected FG. I mashed @65.5°and used 2packs of us-05.
Any help greatly appreciated

I've a similar brew fermenting just now too. I changed it up a wee bit though.
2.5kg best red X
2.0 kg wheat
0.25 kg oats
Apollo, Citra and Lactose
Wort looked red even before the raspberries

I've added the rasps but have seen no airlock movement since. I'll take a reading in a week before dryhopping. I got 23ltr at 1.053 so might not be as hefty as your brew.

 

[Clint]

Christ looks like something for dracula....

 

[Strollon15]

Will do pal. We should do a bottle swap as well. Might have to put mine in 330ml bottles. Though lol

Tempting, never done a swap before, depends how much hassle to post I suppose.

I've a similar brew fermenting just now too. I changed it up a wee bit though.

'2.5kg best red X'


What is 'best red' ?? Gives a great colour if that's before the raspberry addition.

 

[Fingathing]

Tempting, never done a swap before, depends how much hassle to post I suppose.




'2.5kg best red X'


What is 'best red' ?? Gives a great colour if that's before the raspberry addition.

It's a German base malt that can be used up to 100% of the grain bill. It was just a bit of an experiment to see what colour it produced. Not that it matters with this brew as the raspberries should take care of the colour. Definitely gonna be a red/pink beer. I'll post a pic here once it's in the glass.

 

[Fingathing]

Just too my first gravity reading after pitching 2 weeks ago and adding raspberries 1 week ago. Sitting at 1.017 with 1 week of dry hopping to go. Not sure if this will drop any more. I will check over the next week and samples taste amazing.

 

[Godsdog]

Just too my first gravity reading after pitching 2 weeks ago and adding raspberries 1 week ago. Sitting at 1.017 with 1 week of dry hopping to go. Not sure if this will drop any more. I will check over the next week and samples taste amazing.

How many raspberries did you use? As its taken on the colour from them where as mine didn't

 

[Fingathing]

How many raspberries did you use? As its taken on the colour from them where as mine didn't

I used 2.1kg of frozen raspberries. Some of the floaters have dulled in colour as the juices have leeched out. Hopefully I get a bit more over the next week. I did help it along a bit with type of malt I used (see post #8).

 

[Strollon15]

Looks great, can't wait to read your tasting review............:thumb: