Racking to a fruity secondary

I brewed 10 gallon wheat 5 days ago. ... I want to rack onto frozen cherries and I wanna know should I wait at least 7 to 10 days before i rack on the cherries? I did a batch where i racked onto frozen raspberries after 7 days and it was really strong but I know raspberries are a lot more potent than cherry so I didn't know if it was better while I was still in somewhat active fermentation to go ahead and rack onto frozen cherries or wait until active fermentation is complete then rack onto the cherries? i want to impart as much cherry flavor as I can and yes I know you can use extract. .. I used extract once before and it didn't work at all.

[MightyCow9]

Originally Posted by Captainsbrew

I brewed 10 gallon wheat 5 days ago. ... I want to rack onto frozen cherries and I wanna know should I wait at least 7 to 10 days before i rack on the cherries? I did a batch where i racked onto frozen raspberries after 7 days and it was really strong but I know raspberries are a lot more potent than cherry so I didn't know if it was better while I was still in somewhat active fermentation to go ahead and rack onto frozen cherries or wait until active fermentation is complete then rack onto the cherries? i want to impart as much cherry flavor as I can and yes I know you can use extract. .. I used extract once before and it didn't work at all.

There are lots of methods here. generally, the later in process that you add the fruit, the stronger the flavor.

[Zixxer10R]

Originally Posted by Captainsbrew

I brewed 10 gallon wheat 5 days ago. ... I want to rack onto frozen cherries and I wanna know should I wait at least 7 to 10 days before i rack on the cherries? I did a batch where i racked onto frozen raspberries after 7 days and it was really strong but I know raspberries are a lot more potent than cherry so I didn't know if it was better while I was still in somewhat active fermentation to go ahead and rack onto frozen cherries or wait until active fermentation is complete then rack onto the cherries? i want to impart as much cherry flavor as I can and yes I know you can use extract. .. I used extract once before and it didn't work at all.

Still adding fruit to perfectly good recipes i see.

Originally Posted by Zixxer10R

Still adding fruit to perfectly good recipes i see.

Its for my wife and yes i am :-p but now that you mention it i may leave the 4 gallon carboy as regular

[arkador]

here is my process

1: brew a beer
2: ferment it for 2 weeks (all that matters is that fermentation is completed)
3: freeze fresh berries overnight
4: put the fruit into a sanitized carboy
5: rack the beer to the carboy
6: leave it till the fruit turns white (I have only used raspberries, takes about 4 days)
7: keg or bottle as normal

Originally Posted by arkador

here is my process

1: brew a beer
2: ferment it for 2 weeks (all that matters is that fermentation is completed)
3: freeze fresh berries overnight
4: put the fruit into a sanitized carboy
5: rack the beer to the carboy
6: leave it till the fruit turns white (I have only used raspberries, takes about 4 days)
7: keg or bottle as normal

Ok thanks...When I did my raspberries I primary for 1 week then Racked onto frozen berries for 1 week but yes they were white.

Has anyone ever used marchiano cherries? im having issues finding frozen cherries

[LoriandPatric]

Stubby has cherry purée especially for beer/wine.

[ticktock]

How do you sanitize fruit before you add to the carboy?

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[arkador]

Originally Posted by ticktock

How do you sanitize fruit before you add to the carboy?

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3 options
1: who cares, you are tossing in alcihol in a moment anyways
2: buy the puree stuff, or something like that, that is pasturized before packaging
3: I believe (do not quote me here) you can put them in water and add a camden tablet, or somethign of that nature.

If using cherries, you probably want them cut in half or something like that.

I have never done anything o sanitize raspberries, and have never had any problems.

If I were to use cherries, I would probably mix some starsan, and toss them in for a bath, then into the food processor to chunk them up a bit.