Working on a recipe involving pineapple....

[rossthefireman]

Ive searched these forums but very little info is available.
Ive heard recently that Maui is doing a pineapple wheat. Ive always thought that those flavors would go together.
Im deciding on doing a wheat based pineapple beer ( pineapple berliner?). I know fresh pineapple is super acidic and potentially can kill yeast, but what about dried pineapple in a secondary? Also if I do use dried pineapple, soak it in vodka for a week or so to kill anything?
Any advice would be appreciated!

 

[CopperBrewer]

I know there is an enzyme in some tropical fruits (like papaya) that normally breaks down proteins and such and I believe there is something similar in pineapple. Normally you can deactivate the enzyme by heating the fruit to boiling so maybe adding the pineapple to the boil or boiling before adding to your secondary.