Chopped Strawberries???

Texron · 10-15-2010, 05:25 AM

Hello all. I am gearing up to brew the Strawberry Pizzaz recipee that was the group brew here sometime ago. I am going to be using Frozen Strawberries from the local grocery store and they are usually quiet large berries, I have a food processsor that would easily chop or puree the berries while still in a frozen state. I would then pour the results into a nylon bag for fermentation.

Would this be advisable, or beneficial? Or should I just thaw them and mash them up in the bag and then pour the result into a nylon bag for fermentation?

**AZ_IPA** · 10-15-2010, 05:27 AM

either way will work. I've got 15lbs of fresh strawberries sitting in the freezer getting ready to make that recipe myself!

Texron · 10-18-2010, 08:02 PM

Do you plan to add all the strawberries for the initial fermentation? Or will you stagger the fruit additions?

CuAllaidh · 10-19-2010, 02:04 PM

I made a strawberry chocolate mead and I used a blender to chop the strawberries up (they were frozen) allowed them to thaw and added them straight to the fermentation bucket, I didn't bother with the nylon bag, currently the batch is aging on the strawberries still. Hopefully the result will be more strawberry flavour.