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Old 07-07-2005, 12:44 PM
Derric
 
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Re: quick fruit beer... quick question

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> That's good to know... these were actually frozen before I started so I
> guess I got lucky there. I just thought you needed to steep them in a 160
> degree batch to pasteurize them first, but I never considered adding them to
> a secondary pitch to retain flavor. I'll give that a try next time!![/color]

Most think that clean fruit is OK without pasteurizing. Certainly by
secondary time the beer isn't to hospitable to the non-yeast organisms,
perhaps that's it.

Derric
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