How long can I leave on fruit??

[Irisndfan2]

If I leave it longer on top of blueberries will it extract more flavor? I was planning on put it on blueberries for 5 days and then bottling, if I leave longer will it extract more flavor??

 

[shanecb]

Definitely. I've left things on fruit for months.

 

[avidhomebrewer]

I would definitely leave it on longer than 5 days. Especially with blueberries; they don't have a whole lot of flavor to begin with.

 

[wegz15]

I've left it on strawberries for a little over a month. When I racked off the strawberries were white. All the juices were extracted.

 

[lumpher]

if i put it on blueberries, i leave it for 3-4 weeks, usually

 

[Irisndfan2]

Does it matter that I used blueberry peree? WIll that extract more flavor? I Don't want overpowering blueberries and the guy's recipe he called for only five days on 5 lbs of blueberries. I put it on 6 lbs of blueberry peree..

 

[Petho]

How about the temperature while the wort is sitting on the fruit. Since it is already fermented, would I need to keep the temperature of the secondary in the 65deg range or can it vary up to 70's?

 

[lumpher]

don't let it get too high. try to keep it lower, especially if you ferment, then drop in the fruit, as it'll start re-fermenting the fruit.