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Brewing => Technique => Topic started by: chrismccull on July 05, 2012, 12:48:54 PM

Title: Adding Fruit to Fermenter
Post by: chrismccull on July 05, 2012, 12:48:54 PM

I am fermenting a wheat beer that I would like to add some apricot puree to.  Can I just add this to the primary, or, am I better off racking the beer onto the fruit in the secondary?

Title: Re: Adding Fruit to Fermenter
Post by: Kyle on July 05, 2012, 12:54:43 PM

I add stuff like that to the primary fermenter, but after fermentation has completed. There's no need to transfer to a seperate fermenter unless you will be leaving it for months.

Title: Re: Adding Fruit to Fermenter
Post by: Richard on July 05, 2012, 12:54:55 PM

Primary is fine, I've done that before plenty of times. The real PITA is getting the stuff through the neck of the carboy.