Adding Grapefruit After Ferm

[ThomasPaine]

I just received a bunch of really nice local Grapefruit and was thinking that my IPA I am bottling next weekend would taste good with some zest. Has anyone ever added it at bottling or during cold crash? I could boil it up with the priming sugar or just boil some to sterilize and add it to the carboy for a week at 35 degrees.

 

[estricklin]

I think you'll be ok just adding it, you can always dunk them in Starsan if you want though. I would let it set at fermentation temperature though due to the sugars in the grapefruit. At 35, they may not be consumed by the yeast and that could lead to bottle bombs later on.

 

[ThomasPaine]

I was just going to use zest, so I'm not worried about extra sugar. I'm not sure starsan would sanitize zest. If it would, I would give it a try instead of boiling. Maybe I'll do a gallon test, and see how it does.