Raspberry wheat beer

[marcarm]

I've got a raspberry wheat fermenting at the mo, it's the recipe from Greg Hughes book which I scaled down to 5l.

I want to now add the raspberries as it's been fermenting for a few days, but a bit unsure on the process.

I've got the raspberries, which I will put in another FV then want to syphon the beer on top then leave it to ferment out, but I'm not sure whether I need to leave the krausen behind and just rack the beer. I assume there is enough yeast in suspension to continue the fermentation.

Any tips at all?

Thanks

[Rookie]

Whenever I add fruit to a beer I wait until the initial fermenting is done. And if any krausen is left it stays behind.

[marcarm]

Thank fudge for that as I've already done it! The recipe called for raspberries after 2 days but I left it till tonight, so 6 days after brewing.

I siphoned all the beer using a syphon trap. So anything that came through was fair game and it left quite a bit of trub and krausen behind.

Looks a nice colour and smells nice, planning on bottling and leaving until we have a summer BBQ. Of course if the sample bottle tastes nice I'll make some more so I can drink this batch

[scuppeteer]

You will probably find that the fructose will kick off the fermentation again, so check your gravity again once its finished. Might turn out a bit sharp but you can always add lactose to sweeten to your taste.

[marcarm]

Over 12 hours since the raspberries have been added, and it looks the same as when I added them, as if nothing is happening.

I'm sure that's not the case and just going to leave it and see what happens. It's in a bigger vessel now in case it goes crazy with fermenting.

[daf]

I did this recipe from the same book last summer. I split the wort into two FVs, and used frozen raspberries in one, frozen cherries in the other. About £12 worth of fruit (and that was on buy 2 get 3rd free I think at Sainsburys)

I left the fruit in for about two weeks, then bottled. Recipe says quick to drink but it was much better after six months - tastes nice and tart. I did over carb a few bottles though so take care with the priming sugar.

[marcarm]

Cheers, I'm planning on leaving them for a summer BBQ, so a few months yet.

I batch prime so hopefully won't have an issue with over fizzy bottles.

[daf]

I batch primed as well. You do know how much stirring you need to do to equally disperse sugar solution into 13 litres of cold liquid?

It's like a massive cup of builder's tea.