I am thinking of making a 10 gallon batch vs my usual 5 gallons and add fruit puree to half of it. I have a unitank and typically I add dry hops, cold crash, drop trub then carb via the carb stone before transferring to keg. Any reason I can't follow that process for the first 5 gallons then add fruit puree to the tank for the final 5 gallons even though it will already be cold and carbed?
Any reason I can't add fruit puree after carbing and crashing?
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I don't see any problem with that, but wouldn't it be easier to add the puree to the keg once the keg is full?
chickypad
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Are you letting the fruit ferment out or are you keeping it cold enough that you hope to keep it from fermenting? That would be the only issue I see, if it's still sealed and you ferment the fruit it will increase your carbonation.
Hmm hadn't really thought about the fermenting part. I guess I planned to keep it cold. So I might not get what I was hoping for. In this case I guess adding it to the keg would work just as well, but not sure how that would effect the overall taste.
chickypad
lupulin shift victim
Don't know if you want solids in the keg though as it might clog, unless you're bagging it. Adding juice to the keg works well, I often use the juice to carbonate. I've never added fruit without letting it ferment out so no advice there.
