fruit beers

[Jeremy981]

I have a blueberry wheat beer in my one of my primary fermenters right now, but I am using a blueberry flavoring. I wanted to use a puree, but the price persuaded me to try the flavoring first. I was just wondering how you go about using fresh fruit in your beer. How is it that you sterilize the fruit?

 

[feedthebear]

Fruit puree from a can should already be pasturized prior to canning. So you probably don't need to worry about that. I'd pasturize it any way just because I'm paranoid that way.

If you add it to the primary, add it to your wort after the boil when the temp drops to about 160F and maintain that temp for 30 minutes. Then rack the fruit and wort to your primary.

If you add it to your secondary, steep it in water for 30 minutes at 160F. Put the fruit in the secondary. Rack the beer on top of it. After it finishes fermenting out, Rack to a tertiary.

If you want to keep your haze down, use pectic enzyme.

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