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Regular infusion mash, light belgian style witbier bill. Perle, IBU about 15. Wild forest raspberries in secondary, 200g/L. Yeast BLG201, our own.

OG 1057, final does not make much sense because with berries, but it's 1008.

Very pronounced spices, hops, and raspberries, balanced! Apparently, berries accentuated the hops. Slightly tart, dangerously drinkable. Well carbonated naturally under a month.

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[โ€“] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months 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