What can you do with fruit post-2ndary fermentation?

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  1. atomeyes

    atomeyes Initiate (0) Jul 13, 2011 Canada (ON)

    just racked my choco stout to 5 lbs of sour cherries. wondering if i can do anything with the cherries once i take it off the secondary in 3 weeks?
     
    #1 atomeyes, Oct 22, 2012
  2. mklinger

    mklinger Pundit (928) Feb 20, 2009 North Carolina

    They'll just be the skins & pulp with all sweetness and flavor extracted from them. About the only thing they might be good for is compost.
     
    #2 mklinger, Oct 22, 2012
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  3. nathanjohnson

    nathanjohnson Initiate (0) Aug 5, 2007 Vermont

    Ha, you've obviously never done this before. :wink: The fruit looks absolutely disgusting, stripped off color and flavor. It's mostly just pulpy grossness.
     
    #3 nathanjohnson, Oct 22, 2012
  4. FATC1TY

    FATC1TY Pooh-Bah (2,564) Feb 12, 2012 Georgia
    Pooh-Bah

    Make a pie with it and get back to us on it.. :wink:

    Oh, and pictures of people eating it!

    Seriously.. It looks like hell. Ever see what whole leaf hops look like after you pull them from secondary? All yellowed, and like a handful of horse-shit pulled from a swampy gutter.

    The fruit is a few steps worse.
     
    #4 FATC1TY, Oct 22, 2012
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  5. atomeyes

    atomeyes Initiate (0) Jul 13, 2011 Canada (ON)

    only done a mango sour and the mango looked fine (other than the pellicle growing on it from the wild yeast)
     
    #5 atomeyes, Oct 22, 2012
  6. mattbk

    mattbk Savant (1,111) Dec 12, 2011 New York

    i kind of think its fun to wash and eat (just a little of) this fruit. its like eating the fruit with the exact same shape and texture as its unfermented counterpoart, but with absolutely no flavor. itd be akin to eating a plain jellybean. not vanilla or something like that - just plain. its weird.
     
    #6 mattbk, Oct 22, 2012
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