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Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm glad to hear everything is on schedule. I just need to keep waiting! in response to sweetcell, I did sanitize the sugar by boiling it in water. Thanks for asking the question, cause I will probably make some of those mistakes along the way.

They are 22oz bottles. The directions said to put the priming sugar at the bottom of the bottling bucket and add the fermented beer on top. I forgot to do this, so I stirred the priming sugar into the beer before bottling. Any way this had an affect? Also, should I move it to a warmer space?

I bottled a Belgian Tripel right at 4 weeks ago, I made it from a kit (Midwest Supplies). I opened up a bottle last night to see how things were coming along. It had very little carbonation and tasted very flat as a result. I know that a beer like this really needs a LOT of time in the...

With the added sugars, the OG did get up to about 1.080 I don't want to risk blowing a lid, so I will be getting a blowoff valve edit: the OG was 1.068

Thanks unionrdr. I'm not worried about the batch being ruined or anything like that. I'm just wondering if I should plan on this happening again? I may want to invest in a blowoff valve... or maybe not add fruit during the boil

Hello, all. I have brewed a few batches before using kits from MidWest Supplies. So far, no problems. For this batch, I wanted to create my own recipe for a Blueberry Ale. Here is a gist of the ingredients: 5lb Wheat DME 3.3lb LME 8oz malto-dextrose 1 oz hops (I forget which kind) 1...