Blueberry Ginger Ale (SUCCESS)

[CrealCritter]

Day 4 - nice peaceful ferment. Smells good, no visual signs of secondary infection. Might be ready to bottle by day 7.

 

[CrealCritter]

Day 5 - I see lots of trub on the bottom of the carboy, so I think it'll be ready to bottle Thursday or Friday

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Yay!

 

[CrealCritter]

Day 6 - it's pretty much ready to be bottled. When I shine a flash light into it, its pretty clear and not much bubble action through the air lock anymore. I'll more than likely bottle this tomorrow or Friday evening.

Fair amount of trub in the bottom of the carboy. Another indication of a successful ferment.

Curious to see how this tastes with pure cane sugar instead of bleached white sugar beet sugar.

 

[CrealCritter]

Day 7 - Very nice tasting right out of the primary this time. Most definitely found the "sweet spot".

Here is a glass full of non-carbonated.

I syphoned 3 gallons off the top. Then this is what was left on the bottom after, a bit of movement of the carboy. So The trub was disturbed quite a lot. Its kind of cool how it lightens up almost magically when exposed to air.

Now I just need to let my blueberry bottling primer cool to room temperature, mix it into the bottling bucket and bottle and of course clean out the carboy.

Edit...
24 pints Blueberry Ginger Ale.

 

[CrealCritter]

After 7 days bottle conditioning at room temperature, its full of carbonation and has mellowed out very nicely, the ginger and lemon married well together with just a slight hint of cane sugar taste. Which is much better than with bleached white table sugar. You also get a nice hint of blueberry in the back of the throat, as it goes down.

My wife is actually drinking it now and really likes it. So do my grand daughters. I guess this recipe is set, since I like it also. I'm going to call this one a success. Feel free and use the recipe. It could be scaled down for a 1 gallon batch pretty easily. Count on about 14 days to be drinkable (7 in the primary fermenter & 7 in the bottle).

 

[Hinotori]

Yay! Glad it turned out good

 

[sumi]

Wonderful result! Enjoy

 

[Mini Horses]

It's always rewarding when we can "make" something we can enjoy! Good job.

 

[wyoDreamer]

Glad to hear this one turned out good!
Hopefully it is still helping with the pain in your hands.