Hello everyone,
Long time Brewer here but never had great success with fruit. I'm brewing all the beer for my brothers wedding and his wife to be requested a strawberry ale. I went with a basic strawberry wheat beer. Just to be safe I tried to pasteurized the 10 pounds frozen strawberrys. I mashed them up and Made a sludge with a teeny amount of extract, bagged it up in paint strainer and racked the beer on top. I previously cold crashed the beer and it's sitting at 40 degrees now. Should I leave it at that temp or raise it? I'm hesitant about raising it because I don't want any nasties growing. Will the fruit flavor leech out at 40 degrees?
Thanks for any help in advance!
Long time Brewer here but never had great success with fruit. I'm brewing all the beer for my brothers wedding and his wife to be requested a strawberry ale. I went with a basic strawberry wheat beer. Just to be safe I tried to pasteurized the 10 pounds frozen strawberrys. I mashed them up and Made a sludge with a teeny amount of extract, bagged it up in paint strainer and racked the beer on top. I previously cold crashed the beer and it's sitting at 40 degrees now. Should I leave it at that temp or raise it? I'm hesitant about raising it because I don't want any nasties growing. Will the fruit flavor leech out at 40 degrees?
Thanks for any help in advance!