Late fruit addition question

[Uncle Joe]

Well, my blueberry wheat beer has been in the secondary for a while now and I'm ready to bottle. problem is, it just isn't blueberry enough. I have had blueberries in the secondary the entire time, but I fear not enough.

My question: I don't really want to wait for a larger batch of blueberries to flavor the beer via secondary, so is there a way I can add blueberry flavor this late in the game? I was thinking something like making blueberry juice out of real blueberries and adding it, then proceed to bottle (after adding priming sugar)?

Any help would be appreciated!

[HogieWan]

the only thing you could do to avoid waiting is adding a blueberry extract. I've heard that extracts sometimes lend an artificial flavor to the brew, but you won't be adding that much as you have a good bit of real blueberry flavor already.

If you make the juice, you'd still be adding sugars that would need to ferment completely before bottling.

You could just bottle as-is. The blueberry flavor may come out a lot after the beer is carbonated.

[Uncle Joe]

Thanks for the response, :) I think I will just bottle now and add blueberries to the glass if I'm needin some more flavor

[HogieWan]

Originally posted by Uncle Joe
Thanks for the response, :) I think I will just bottle now and add blueberries to the glass if I'm needin some more flavor

That's a good idea, and may end up tasting better with truly fresh blueberries. It'll probably look cool to have some blueberries in the glass.

[dparsons]

I think the carbonation helps bring out aromas. I'd expect it to carry the blueberry aroma as well. Let us know if it does.

[De Hooter]

What about blueberry liquer added at bottling?

[bigben]

did you use fresh fruit, puree, or extract for this brew?

[Uncle Joe]

fresh fruit, I have heard a lot of negatives about using the extracts.

[bigben]

did you put it in after boil or in the secondary?