Fruit and secondary

[irishbrew26]

So I
Completely forgot to add fruit and secondary before fermentation had completely stopped on a fruit beer. What's my best course of action, still secondary and add the fruit (concentrate) or add it to primary?


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[Calder]

Add to either. There is plenty of yeast to work on the fruit.

 

[irishbrew26]

Thanks!


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[dantose]

Secondary is for after fermentation has stopped, so run with that plan. I'm not quite sure what your initial plan was to be honest.

 

[RM-MN]

This is one of the few times I will recommend using a secondary. Put your fruit in, rack the beer on top of it. Put on the airlock and wait. Make sure you have enough space above the beer for a second krausen or use a blowoff because your fruit should start another ferment period.

 

[iBrewR]

This is one of the few times I will recommend using a secondary.

What's the advantage of adding fruit to a secondary rather than the primary?

 

[RM-MN]

When I added fruit to primary I didn't get the flavor I was expecting. I blamed it on the big yeast cake on the bottom absorbing flavor. Maybe I was wrong?