Raspberries In The FV

[LeeH]

Thinking about chucking some Raspberries in the FV that has a MJ Berliner Weisse bubbling away for er indoors.



Blend them up into a bag and thrown them in? Or put the straight in and hope the cold crash will sink everything. I presume the pips/seeds will float though and transfer into the keg.

 

[simon12]

Judging by how they react in a gin and tonic I think you should just add whole frozen raspberries and they should sink, stay sunk and whole and release all the flavour and be easy to leave behind.

 

[LeeH]

Thanks.

That seems the easy option but was concerned I would not get the most out of them.

I’ll go to Lidl’s now and get a bag.

 

[Keats]

I siphoned the beer into an FV that I’d added crushed raspberries too. (I was making three different fruit beers which is why I didn’t add fruit to the primary FV) The raspberry one hardly cleared at all and looked like milkshake BUT I wasn’t able to cold crash it. Tasted good though!

 

[DavidDetroit]

With fruit, you should pasteurize first. Doesn't have to be long. But there are many who do just freeze, thaw, mash them or whatever and into the fermenter (bagged).
Edit: getting more surface area through blending is a decent idea.

 

[Keats]

With fruit, you should pasteurize first. Doesn't have to be long. But there are many who do just freeze, thaw, mash them or whatever and into the fermenter (bagged).

Yes, I should have added that I poured boiling water on the fruit and allowed to cool before adding the beer.

 

[simon12]

Thanks.

That seems the easy option but was concerned I would not get the most out of them.

I’ll go to Lidl’s now and get a bag.

I am just going by if a g & t gets left out over night half full the next day the liquids pink and the raspberries are white.

 

[Daren]

Thinking about chucking some Raspberries in the FV that has a MJ Berliner Weisse bubbling away for er indoors.



Blend them up into a bag and thrown them in? Or put the straight in and hope the cold crash will sink everything. I presume the pips/seeds will float though and transfer into the keg.

I've used the Funkin Cocktails raspberry puree a few times - really easy to use and already pasteurized.

 

[LeeH]

Yep I’ve seen that, I think I’ll get some the next time I do it. I’m pretty sure a lot of the micros use the purée.

 

[Gerryjo]

I brewed an Irish Red and added 1.5kg of rasperries that I puréed and pasturised before adding.It took about 2 months to clear but looked great even though it took an infection leaving a pellicle on top but turned out slightly sour/tart but one of my favourite beers.

 

[BeerCat]

No need to puree them. Add whole frozen and they will be white after a week. They don't sink.

 

[Sadfield]

Ghost Raspberries.