Blending beers with a turkey baster?

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  1. dougofthefuture

    dougofthefuture Pundit (837) Oct 15, 2009 Minnesota

    I've got a great saison in a keg right now. Before I carbed it up, I took a gallon aside and added around a pound of blackberries to it. The gallon of blackberry saison is too intense by itself (sweet and sour), but when I combine an ounce with a glass of the kegged saison, it's great.

    So, my question is, what is the best way to bottle 11 ounces from my keg and one ounce from my gallon of blackberry? My thought was to fill a bottle with some head space, and use a turkey baster to add the blackberry saison to the top. Bad idea? Any other thoughts?

    Thanks for the help!
     
    #1 dougofthefuture, Jul 2, 2012
  2. jbakajust1

    jbakajust1 Pooh-Bah (2,552) Aug 25, 2009 Oregon
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    Could you rack the berry version into the keg and consume? Or, rack the berry to bottling bucket, then add the regular and bottle? Turkey baster will add too much O2.
     
    #2 jbakajust1, Jul 2, 2012
  3. dougofthefuture

    dougofthefuture Pundit (837) Oct 15, 2009 Minnesota

    Ideally I just want to try a few bottles. If I add some carbed beer to the bottling bucket, I anticipate lots of lost carbonation. Is that really better than a baster?
     
    #3 dougofthefuture, Jul 2, 2012
  4. jbakajust1

    jbakajust1 Pooh-Bah (2,552) Aug 25, 2009 Oregon
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    Carbonation escaping isn't the same as infusing oxygen in my understanding. If you're only doing a few bottles, buy the 7oz nibs and bottle the berry straight in those. Pour that into a glass and top off w/ kegged version. That would probably be the best way, or bottle as normal for the berry, but only 1/4 bottle, then hit with the straight version via bottling gun (rig) f/ keg.
     
    #4 jbakajust1, Jul 2, 2012
  5. KevinBrewer

    KevinBrewer Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2008 California

    The turkey baster is a good idea, especially if you're only doing a few bottles. You shouldn't lose too much carbonation from the 1 ounce of uncarbed beer.
     
    #5 KevinBrewer, Jul 2, 2012
  6. MMAJYK

    MMAJYK Initiate (0) Jun 26, 2007 Georgia

    I blended a raspberry melomel (still) with a saison once and it was about a 1/3 mead to 2/3 saison mixture. I poured the mead in the bottle first, then filled the bottle the rest of the way up with saison, which I had aggressively carbed. It worked out fine.
     
    #6 MMAJYK, Jul 2, 2012
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