JusticeAle
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Last night I added 6lb of frozen berry medley(blueberry, rasberry, and blackberry) to an american wheat beer through the neck of my 6.5 gal carboy. I had a REALLY hard time doing this. My funnel was too small and for some reason I never thought about how I would add the fruit until I was trying to smash 6lb of fruit down the neck like an idiot.
Luckily I put the funnel aside and had my friend poor fruit through my sanitized hands coupled around the carboy neck like a funnel with a bigger hole. It seemed to work well except for the occasional huge raspberry that would get stuck in the neck every once in a while which I would mash down if necessary.
The only thing I can think of right now to make adding fruit easier is either use a bucket or better bottle since they both have a wider opening then a glass carboy.
My question is this. What different techniques do you all employ In order to easily and quickly add frozen fruit down the skinny neck of a glass carboy? I've seen pictures of carboys with what looks like peaches cut in quarters. How do people even do that?
Luckily I put the funnel aside and had my friend poor fruit through my sanitized hands coupled around the carboy neck like a funnel with a bigger hole. It seemed to work well except for the occasional huge raspberry that would get stuck in the neck every once in a while which I would mash down if necessary.
The only thing I can think of right now to make adding fruit easier is either use a bucket or better bottle since they both have a wider opening then a glass carboy.
My question is this. What different techniques do you all employ In order to easily and quickly add frozen fruit down the skinny neck of a glass carboy? I've seen pictures of carboys with what looks like peaches cut in quarters. How do people even do that?