Hopwater
Member
Seems like the general consensus is to add fruit when transferring to secondary. Makes sense.
I would like to avoid having any seeds in my bottling bucket when that time comes, and I think adding loose fruit to the secondary would make that difficult for some fruits (i.e. raspberries, blackberries, anything with lots of small seeds).
I have seen the threads with loose fruit in the secondary...just looks like it would be tough to get rid of all the little pulp particles and tiny seeds when transferring. Filtering/straining would promote oxidation I think.
Maybe it makes sense to put the fruit in a cheesecloth sack and put into the primary after its done going nuts? Let it sit for a week or two, then go to secondary for a short while? Maybe bottle directly from the primary?
Getting ready to add raspberries to a wheat beer in the near future, and trying to figure out the best way.
Thoughts?
I would like to avoid having any seeds in my bottling bucket when that time comes, and I think adding loose fruit to the secondary would make that difficult for some fruits (i.e. raspberries, blackberries, anything with lots of small seeds).
I have seen the threads with loose fruit in the secondary...just looks like it would be tough to get rid of all the little pulp particles and tiny seeds when transferring. Filtering/straining would promote oxidation I think.
Maybe it makes sense to put the fruit in a cheesecloth sack and put into the primary after its done going nuts? Let it sit for a week or two, then go to secondary for a short while? Maybe bottle directly from the primary?
Getting ready to add raspberries to a wheat beer in the near future, and trying to figure out the best way.
Thoughts?