Comment on Raspberry witbier
portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days agoDo you freeze or sanatise the berries at all or just ride the wild yeast wave if it happens?
Comment on Raspberry witbier
portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days agoDo you freeze or sanatise the berries at all or just ride the wild yeast wave if it happens?
alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
There is no chance anything would survive with fresh vigorous yeast and at high alcohol levels/low oxygen on secondary. I used to sanitize berries in my first attempts, but later found it to be unnecessary. I even boiled my first mead!
Sometimes I freeze berries though, but only to save them till beer is ready, or to promote conversion in cranberries or rowan.
portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
I’ve staved off using fruit for those reasons but it’s good to hear from someone who’s done it that just dropping them in works just fine. Thanks