g_rath

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I made a strawberry blond last summer that was a big hit. I pasteurized them in a big pot and mashed them up as they were thawing. I covered them and let them cool and I didn’t have any problems with contamination. I tossed them into the primary bucket when fermentation started to slow. Don’t give up. I would give it some time, if its still bad, well it’s a learning experience.

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Melancholy Dog Brewery

Planed: more cider.
Primary: empty
Secondary:Dry hopped amber ale, Does Equis clone.
Keged:Pumpkin spice, wizen.
Bottled: Hard cider, Oaked bourbon vanilla cider, Vanilla Porter.

monty3777

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Are you comparing the taste to another strawberry wheat you have been drinking?If not you may be surprised that perhaps the taste isn't too far off. I just bought some strawberry wheat (brekenridge or something like that) and I was surprised how much it tasted "off". If I would have brewed that beer I would have been disappointed. Perhpas the problem is with the combo of strawberry and wheat - not your brewing. Just a thought

Schlenkerla

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I have sworn off Oregon Fruit for awhile. I used it for making fruited ciders. Every batch turned out to be infected, bottle gushers, super tart and sour. This didn't occur until the batch was several months old. I sanitized everything that touched the fruit too. Can, can opener, entire blender

These have been the only infected bevos that I have made in 4+ years of doing this. I was puzzled by this. Started using flavored extracts.

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BS Nano-Brewery

Primary: Dunkelweizen, Helles, Apfelwein
2ndary:empty
Drinking: Light Ale, Fat Tyre Clone, Portly Porter, Apfelwein
Next: Irish Dry Stout, Caribou Slobber,

|Myeast 50327|Easy Hop Oast|

jdog2050

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Overall, thanks for all the help guys.

I didn't use any bleach, just an iodine solution.

Really, my method was pretty standard other than not sanitizing the strawberries better (if I ever do fresh fruit again, I will be picking up some campden tablets).

If the bandaid taste will always be there, I think I'm just gonna bottle this puppy, put it in the closet, and just forget about it.

I definitely don't have 24 months like another poster suggested because I move around quite a bit in the course of a year. But, I will give it like 2 more months.

starrfish

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anyone use Campden tablets to sanitize fruit?
how is it done?

Going to heat pasteurize 1st 5lbs (15 min steep at end of boil will take care of any nasty things), second 5lbs is going into secondary... this will need some kind of sanitizing (i'm assuming Campden tablets), correct?

How many tablets per pound? should these berries be sanitized before freezing? should I make a puree for secondary? might need to "sanitize" blender with some tequila first.

thanks!

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