Adding Fruit Extract

[Gilbey]

Inspired by Magic Hat #9 I am brewing a Summer IPA with an apricot infussion. I will use a combination of mostly pale malt with a bit of wheat, mildly hopped and fermented with either American Ale blend or Ringwood.

My question has to do with the apricot part. I have read through a dozen or so recipes, and the most have the apricot, either apricot extract or Oregon apricot puree added prior to bottling or kegging. Only one that I saw had the apricot going into secodary. Why would I not want apricot to ferment? Why would it not go into primary? Or why would it not go into the boil at the end just to sanitize it and then allow it to ferment??

Thanks.

alan

 

[pkeeler]

The CO2 ex-gasing during primary fermentation would probably strip the flavor out. This is why things like this are done in a secondary. In this particular case, I would just add apricot extract to the bottling bucket.

 

[rico567]

Bottling bucket. I use blueberry extract a lot to make a Leinie Sunset Wheat clone. Works well.

 

[Gilbey]

Do you guys suggest pastreurizing or in any way processing the extract before adding it to the keg???

Alan

 

[suprchunk]

I use fresh fruits at the end of a boil, especially if I'm using cherries. No flavors stripped.

I have bought the Oregon purees but have yet to use them in a batch. But I would add that at secondary.

Extracts you just add prior to bottling. Or at least I would.

 

[torbanac]

I just did a #9 Clone. I added extract to the secondary after 10 days in the primary. I can't tell you how it turned out yet as it has another week left to carb up. The hydro sample from bottling tasted pretty good though.

 

[Gilbey]

Did you boil your extract before adding to secondary?

Was there any wheat in your version?

Thanks.

Alan

 

[JayInJersey]

I don't boil my extracts or purees...I assume they are sealed without nasties.

Not sure what effect it would have though.

 

[torbanac]

Didn't boil it, just poured it in. No wheat. The recipe from the Magic Hat guy on a "can you brew it" episode says it was 98 percent marris otter and 2 percent crystal 80 so that's what I did.

 

[rico567]

The blueberry extract I use (from MW) is just poured in the bottling bucket. I've never had a problem, and don't believe any heating to santize is necessary with these. Fresh fruit, probably so.