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Offline chrismccull

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Adding Fruit to Fermenter
« 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?

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Re: Adding Fruit to Fermenter
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: Adding Fruit to Fermenter
« Reply #2 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.
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