Grilled Pineapple IPA

[berheidebrau]

Looking to to grilled pineapple IPA...struggling with adding grilled Pineapple to secondary vs adding to boil...pipeworks grillz golden strong ale did it in boil, though I regretfully did not have the opposite to taste it. A lot of stuff I read says adding later equals bad...thoughts?

 

[Brinck17]

If it were me I would just do the secondary. The risk of adding to the secondary is introducing and infection. I would freeze it to break the cell walls of the pineapple and then throw it in a blender and then boil for 10 min to make sure you kill everything and then confidently put it in the secondary and expect great results.

also a great split batch opportunity.

 

[JJack887]

Pasteurize pineapple in fine mesh bag in 180° water for ten minutes, add to secondary.

 

[Mexibilly]

Depends on your IPA and when you add it.
If it's fairly big, >7%, and fermented, you don't need to worry much about me infection.
I'd add 1/3 at 10 minutes left in your boil, then add 2/3 to dry-apple once primary fermentation is done.

 

[berheidebrau]

Thanks all! I shall return with results..

 

[Konrad77]

Is there really a need to boil it? Pasteurize (High) would probably kill 99% of all the bacteria. I've heard that fruit tend to change its taste after boiling.