SS Tea Ball for fruit?

[MTWHIT]

I have used SS tea balls for dry hopping kegs and body ever use them for fruit additions in the keg? Think they would work?

 

[david_42]

Any teaball small enough to fit through a keg opening wouldn't hold much fruit. Would be OK for ginger and other spices.

 

[DuckAssassin]

I think it could work, but two issues I can think of 1) how much fruit can you really get into one of those things. 2) I tried using two for hops in my first batch and never did it again. When the hops absorbed water they swelled up and I was worried about getting little or no utilization from them. I would be worried about the same thing here, unless you have an army of the things.

 

[MTWHIT]

I put two pounds of blueberrys in at end of boil. So it has some flavor but wanted to add a little more. I have several tea balls? Worth trying?

 

[big supper]

would you also need to be worried about fermentation restarting in your keg(from the sugars in the fruit)?

 

[MTWHIT]

I force carb and the keg will be kept cold to prohibit any additional fermentation.

 

[silvervan83]

I think it sounds like a novel idea. I would try it. Just curious, what kind of fruit are we talking about. (I have strawberries in mind)