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Soured Fruit Beer

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In general, the fruit is added to a new vessel of some sort, and the beer is gently transferred to this new vessel to rest on the fruit for the determined re-fermentation time. Some homebrewers will also dump fruit directly into the primary fermenter itself. This can be a challenge in regards to minimising minimizing oxygen due to splashing and physically getting fruit into certain types of fermenters such as glass carboys that have a small opening. For homebrewers, vessels such as plastic buckets are a good option because fruit can easily be added and removed afterwardsafterward. When racking beers to another vessel, the vessel should be purged with CO2 if possible, although this isn't always necessary (if the beer does not seem to contain a lot of acetic acid or ethyl acetate, purging the oxygen may not be needed). The vessel should be cleaned and sanitized before handbeforehand, although for some brewers sanitizing tanks isn't always necessary for mixed fermentation sour beers since that environment really only allows ''Brettanomyces'' and some lactic acid bacteria to thrive (which are already in the beer). there should be about
For commercial brewers, having a screen of some sort at the bottom of the vessel is beneficial for helping to separate the fruit material from the beer after the aging. For example, [http://funkfactorybrewing.blogspot.com/2016/09/modifying-barrel.html Funk Factory Geuzeria] built a tap and stainless screen for aging sour beer on fruit in an oak barrel. Some brewers also use [[IBC_Tote|IBC Totes]] for aging beer on fruit. Puree or juice can easily be added directly to an oak barrel, but there must be enough room for the fruit and the re-fermentation.
 
Fruit displacement isn't a huge concern; 10 pounds of fruit generally requires an extra gallon of headspace (the exact volume depends on the volume of the fruit <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement_(fluid) Displacement (fluid). Wikipedia. Retrieved 05/05/2016.]</ref>). However, the fruit will usually re-ferment, causing a blow off, so allowing for extra headspace is a good idea. [http://www.aqua-calc.com/calculate/food-volume-to-weight This site] might assist with calculating the displacement volume of fruit.
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