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fruit addition to primary?

Post by CorneliusAlphonse » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:13 am

Brewed a wheat 14 days ago, was planning to rack it into secondary on top of some fruit (blood orange) after it slowed down a bit, but it took longer than expected and i didnt get it done before i left for ottawa. now i am back, but it has been 14 days since i pitched. Just trying to decide on the best course of action for the fruit
1. rack into secondary on top of fruit (assume plenty of yeast left in suspension to ferment it out?)
2. add fruit to the primary bucket and agitate

any advantage to one over the other? any third option i should consider?
planning: beer for my cousin's wedding
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Re: fruit addition to primary?

Post by mr x » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:32 am

Go with the secondary plan.

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Re: fruit addition to primary?

Post by gm- » Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:48 am

Yeah, I think racking into secondary would be fine. I left my wheat ale for 3 weeks in the primary before I racked it on top of some gooseberries and fermentation took off right away almost.

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Re: fruit addition to primary?

Post by CorneliusAlphonse » Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:33 am

perfect. i'll get it on the fruit tomorrow. thanks guys
planning: beer for my cousin's wedding
Fermenting: black ipa
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Kegged: barrel barleywine from 2014 - i think i still have this somewhere

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Re: fruit addition to primary?

Post by Graham.C » Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:37 pm

I found a good way to agitate is to use a sterilized hose hooked up to CO2. You don't risk oxidizing and it seems to really stir everything back up.
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Re: fruit addition to primary?

Post by mr x » Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:41 pm

:stupid:
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Re: fruit addition to primary?

Post by KMcK » Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:20 pm

CorneliusAlphonse wrote:1. rack into secondary on top of fruit (assume plenty of yeast left in suspension to ferment it out?)
2. add fruit to the primary bucket and agitate
Your 'secondary' plan is actually listed as your primary plan and vice versa.
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Re: fruit addition to primary?

Post by CorneliusAlphonse » Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:33 pm

Ha!
planning: beer for my cousin's wedding
Fermenting: black ipa
Conditioning:
Kegged: barrel barleywine from 2014 - i think i still have this somewhere

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