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I have an all grain wheat beer ready for secondary. Instead of extract i am using fresh/frozen Jersey blueberries. I want to pastuerize the puree and add to secondary. My plan is to heat to 162 for 15 seconds and then cool 68 and add. Does this seem OK?

A client just gave me a gallon of very nice blueberries from his big farm. I would like to make a blueberry wheat on the order of Seadog Blueberry Ale or maya hefeweizen using California Ale yeast. The berries are washed and frozen. After pasteurization, how much should I add to the...

Two questions about the beer I brewed yesterday. 1): This was my first batch using a propane burner. Compared to my electric stove I love it. I did notice that the wort was much more concentrated at the end, and thicker than my prevous batches. Added 3.5 gallons to bring the batch to 51/8...

As a new HBer, I have been mainly making batches using recipes calling for extract w/ steeped grains with excellent success. I have been seriously thinking of trying all grain. My question is: will a recipe be improved using AG technique and in what way?

In the book "Beer Captured", the author's recipes call for DME at bottling rather than corn sugar. Is this a personal preference or is one actually better than the other?

Have been tasting my second batch- a Duvel clone from page 50 of BYO's clone issue-extract w/ grains. The beer is a great success, tastes sublime. However I think the carbonation, although there is plenty and I get a great "lacey" head seems to be a little weaker than the real stuff and doesn't...

My honey gave a copper chiller for V Day (what a wife,huh?). She was told at the brew store that every 2 or 3 uses I should soak it in vinegar to prevent the green discoloration that occurs and could impart off flavors to my batches. True?

I made a new batch on Monday, and as of Wednesday I was still waiting for signs of fermentation. Being worried that my yeast might be bad I popped a pack of Northwest yeast that I was saving for my next brew. Of course, the air lock was going to town this morning. My question- can I save this...

My first ever batch, a German Ale was finally ready yesterday. Half went into bottles and half into a Party Pig. It seems to me that the beer out of the pig is noticably more bitter than the beer that was bottled. Is there a reason for this? It all came from the same 5 gallon primed batch.

What am I supposed to see going on in my secondary? I have a saison kit from Williams that I racked over 2 days ago. SG was right on, tasted great out of primary, but nothing is really happening. so the ? is, just be patient and let it condition for a few weeks or should I be concerned because...

What's the best way to siphon to secondary or bottling bucket without putting my mouth on the line and pretending I'm sucking gas out of a car?

I brewed a batch of the duvel clone from BYO's Clone issue. Put in primary last Sat. Everything's swell but just have a few questions. The recipe calls for additional sugar and yeast nutrient (dosage). Does that mean that I boil up the additional sugar and nutrient, let it cool down to 68...

I was getting a yeast pack activated on the counter for a Saiisson kit from Williams, came down this morning to find the cat had gotten into it (guess she thought it was one of those foil food packs). Anyway went to the brewstore and got some Trappist liquid yeast from White (the store doesn't...

In my headstrong enthusiasm as a new brewer, when ordering some supplies from Williams I also ordered some of their extracts (Nut Brown and German Gold)without a recipe to go with it. I can do a Dortmunder with the german, but I'm not sure about the Brown-I think add 1 lb of crystal but not sure...

Has anyone used Party Pigs? Ireceived one for Xmas with my homebrew kit, so I put half my first batch in that and the rest bottled. I guess the proof will be in the tasting (1/24), but just wondered what my new homebrew colleagues think of this contraption.

Hi guys, Just posting to say hi. I am new to homebrewing and look forward to gaining valuable info from our more experienced brewers. Checking the FG of my first batch tomorrow so wish me luck! Al in Bucks County PA.