LandoAllen

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I'm sorry to inform you that freezing ANYTHING does not "sanitize." Freezing the berries will not kill bacteria, yeast, or molds. It will simply slow down the reproduction rate. This is why we put our food into the refrigerator because the lower temps retard the rate at which bacteria, yeast, and molds can multiply so that food lasts longer. I would use some k-meta or boil the berries if you wish to "sanitize."

Reno_eNVy

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Um.... yeah, I realize that. Note the quotation marks around sanitize. You then used the same punctuation incorrectly,

I freeze them so that it slows bacteria/fungus/etc, on the berries enough so that when I dump them into the cider there is absolutely no way they could out-compete the yeast being added.

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LandoAllen

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My apologies. I am glad you know this. I just didn't want someone to read that and think that they could kill microbes by freezing. You would be surprised how many people think that practice works. Even Dr Oz is misinformed and tells women to sanitize makeup by putting it in the freezer overnight:

http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=8543211

And btw your recipe sounds really good. I might try this on my next batch. By using the amount of berries in your recipe did you find that the cider still had a nice apple flavor or did the berry flavor overpower the apple?

Reno_eNVy

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There's still quite a bit of apple in there. And the berries have contributed more tartness than natural sweetness. It's quite nice and very refreshing. I need to make sure to save some for the summer... or just make more

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Primary: Sahti, Strawberry Banana Blonde, Caramel Quad

Kegged: Cascadian Dark Ale -- Punkin' Ale -- "Bitter and Rye" American-style Bitter

Bottled: English Barleywine (brewed 9/26/09 -- bottled 5/5/10)

LET'S GO LA!
LA CAMPIONE!
PLAY FOR GLORY, THE GLORY LA!

LandoAllen

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Do you think adding the berries to the secondary instead of the primary would give more berry flavor?

HopHeaven

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Absolutely. I've done a raspberry cider and just started a mixed berry one. For 1 gallon I've done 1 cup berrys during primary and 2 cups during the secondary

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Secondary: Skeeter Pee, Cyser, Tree Sap Cider,

Drinking: Milk Mead, Apfelwein, Grape Mead, Cranberry Pomegranate Cider, Cherry Berry Cider

Future: Strawberry/ Raspberry Cider , Apple Ginger Cider

CRock303

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What I did for my raspberry cider was ferment the apple juice through primary, then add the berries to a bit of apple juice on the stove, mash them while it heats to 165, then strain with a wire strainer into secondary and rack on top of it. It worked really well, I find that any fruit flavors in primary get muddled and in secondary work real well.

xjbobbin82

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I'd be interested in an update on this.. so do tell, in good time sir!

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Brulosopher

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I kegged the cider an ditched the fruit... didn't want to risk ruining what turned out to be a really tasty 5.2% ABV cider. Maybe next time!

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Brulosopher

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It's tasty!

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Easiest Method for Harvesting Clean Yeast

Keezer/Kegerator Build

Recipes Worth Brewing... Over and Over and Over Again:
Tiny Bottom Pale Ale (House Pale Ale)- Sessionable, crisp, earthy/floral
Brulosopher's Dark Brown Ale - Creamy, subtly complex, incredibly quaffable
Brulosopher's Blonde Ale - Crisp, dry, nice malt-hop balance

"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently." - FN