Hi,
So this is a stupid question, but after I washed and dried fresh blueberries I just plunked them in whole to my empty sterilized one gallon carboy. Then I racked over a batch that has been in a secondary gallon carboy fermenting for the past 2 months (gravty reading at 1.001). Magically, overnight, all of the blueberries are floating at the top of the carboy. Is it safe for me to use a sterilized spoon or something to break through the cap and try to mash them up? I don't want any of the exposed surface area on them to potentially spoil/oxidize/whatever (if that's a thing?).
Any advice is appreciated and yes, I will be mashing/pureeing any berries in the future to avoid this. Just trying to save this first time try at a melomel.
Thanks!
So this is a stupid question, but after I washed and dried fresh blueberries I just plunked them in whole to my empty sterilized one gallon carboy. Then I racked over a batch that has been in a secondary gallon carboy fermenting for the past 2 months (gravty reading at 1.001). Magically, overnight, all of the blueberries are floating at the top of the carboy. Is it safe for me to use a sterilized spoon or something to break through the cap and try to mash them up? I don't want any of the exposed surface area on them to potentially spoil/oxidize/whatever (if that's a thing?).
Any advice is appreciated and yes, I will be mashing/pureeing any berries in the future to avoid this. Just trying to save this first time try at a melomel.
Thanks!