Does fruit need to be sanitized for a hydromel?

[SixShooter]

I have only made 3 meads so far. I think they have turned out well; however, they are all 12%ish. I am a bit of a "cheap date" and would like to switch to hydromel/session meads. My question is: with the low ABV for session meads, do I need to sanitize the fruit before adding to secondary? I'm planning on a blueberry hydromel with frozen blueberries. My searches through the forums have not been very fruitful so far

-Sue

 

[Maylar]

No. Frozen and thawed is the way to go.

 

[SixShooter]

No. Frozen and thawed is the way to go.

Perfect! Thank you!

-Sue

 

[bushpilot]

I don't sanitize mine, and so far no problem.