adding fruit

The last time we added fruit we did it in the secondary and there wasn't that much taste. Just wondering if its ok to add to the fruit in the primary fermenter. The beer has been fermenting for 2 days at present

What fruit and what beer?

mango to a wheat

No experience with wheat beers but I have made a cracking strawberry beer. from my knowledge you will get less flavour by putting it in the primary rather than secondary simply because the fermentation will overpower the flavours. how much did you add last time? its all dependant on the amount of fruit you add too. to bring the strawberry flavour out I needed 5kg for a 23l brew!!

last time it was 400 g of gooseberries in the secondary ill go with a bit more this time after it stops fermenting

Mango doesn't really taste like mango in a beer imo. You can get 2kg bags from sainsburys or tins of pulp, i think morrisons do them, in the ethnic food section (not world foods, you want the one with the big bags of rice and sundries, foreign pop etc.)

Got some already but might not use them. Might do raspberries or blueberries instead

Got some already but might not use them. Might do raspberries or blueberries instead

You need a LOT of blueberries too, my blueberry wheat had near 5kg in 18 litres and the flavour is still very mild.

dont think ill bother

I recently added 1KG blackberries to 10L, I needed to double it. Nice though, if a little pink.

Raspberries add a lot of flavour! And colour too.