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Got done pasteurizing the aged cranberries and it smelled like someone was cooking up a batch of Robitussin in the kitchen. Something foul in there. Using the old berries for a coffee cake or something and will take Bobby_M's advice and add the fruit deep into the fermentation.

Cool, thanks! Where did you get the "funky wood"? I was planning on using steamed oak in the secondary unless I can make it over to the Finger Lakes soon to see what I could scrounge from the wineries I know,

Hey all - Brewing a pLambic and have both fresh and aged/dried cranberries. Was planning to add the aged/dried cranberries to the primary, then after a week (or when fermentation slows on the ale yeast) rack the beer off into the secondary for a long slow vacation with fresh cranberries and the...

Been 10 years since I picked up the spoon but... it's time. I'm a longtime beer geek who stopped homebrewing for years and have supported (and continue to support) local craft brewers, but as a fan of both A. cranberries and B. lambics I have finally gotten cheesed off at Sam Adams' pale shadow...