Adding cherries to an imperial stout

I'm looking at this imperial stout recipe, and planning on adding cherries (perhaps bourbon-soaked) to the secondary. I'm pretty new to extract brewing, and have only done one batch previously (only ever done kits customised with extra hops and speciality grains before). I've therefore got a few questions:

  • How much in the way of cherries will I have to use? (this will probably dictate as to whether or not I soak them in bourbon first!)
  • Do I need to pitch extra yeast to the secondary?
  • If I bottle after the secondary, will the stout carb up? And how much glucose (or whatever) do I need to add?

Topic imperial stout fruit homebrew

Category Mac

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  1. ) The rule of thumb is 1 lb. of fruit per gal. of beer. For best results, freeze and thaw them first to break down the cell walls and extract more flavor.

2.) Nope, no extra yeast needed.

3.) Sure, it'll carb fine. Use whatever amount of priming sugar works for you. The cherries will have no effect on that.

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