How long on fruit?

Racked my 5 gallon batch onto 10 lbs of blackberries. How long should I let it sit on the fruit?

I find 7-10 days is plenty in secondary. Make sure you freeze/thaw/crush blackberries for best flavor extraction. I always sorbate/sulfate before though, not sure which way you doing. I've done blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, clementine that way, works good

wow.. 10 lbs? 7 days at most

I had a question also, how many pounds of blueberries per 5 gallons?

I did 4 lbs in primary and 4 lbs in secondary for 3 gal.

paraordnance said:

I did 4 lbs in primary and 4 lbs in secondary for 3 gal.

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Holy purple batman!

10 lbs in secondary. Was at 1.000 when I racked onto the fruit. Racked off the fruit today at .998. It is a beautiful black/purple color. The long wait starts now.

Drool.

How did it come out? Enough fruit in the flavor/aroma?

Great so far. The Flavors are starting to come through. It still has a long way to go. Thanks for asking.

I have done 3 5-6 gallon batches with blueberries. Each time I used 2, 3 pound bags of frozen blueberries from costco. I pureed the blueberries then ran it through a metal screened siv a couple of times and then put the resulting juice in the secondary. It always turns out great but I have found that if you add 1 cup of lemon juice in the secondary the resulting blueberry will be more flavorful and a more "Bright" blueberry flavor. No Idea why but for more blueberry punch use some lemon juice. It will turn out great either way but I feel that the lemon really makes a big difference, blueberry flavor-wise.

Matrix

very interesting