Recent content by bigdoug37

https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=7681.0 Thanks for all your input, but it looks like I'll be sticking to buying or harvesting the bugs rather than throwing in fruit and crossing my fingers.

I read somewhere that brett tends to dominate if it's there, given enough time, so I think it'll be ok in that respect. I guess it comes back to whether it's present on the berries or not. Thanks for the input!

If you think of it... I kept searching the intrawebs and all I got were crickets. I'll keep looking, knowing it's out there.

Like I said, experiment. Yes, I want to use whatever wild yeast happens to be on the blueberries. If there's nothing on them, what harm will there be? I can still pitch brett down the road. I'm curious if anyone on here has tried this. More clear? I clearly picked up on your sarcasm.

Ok, I know that the subject of how to capture wild yeast has been covered extensively on this forum, but my question is a little different. I was thinking of brewing a blueberry wild ale into which I would pitch several pounds of blueberries instead of brett into secondary. Has anyone ever...

Ok my plan is to brew a richer batch using 5 lbs more fermentables than the original to boost the flavor profile and alcohol content. The original recipe called for 5 lbs of flaked wheat and 5 lbs of Belgian pale malt. I'm upping this batch to 7.5 lbs of each, but I'm keeping the hops and...

Just racked my second attempt at a full grain brew into secondary fermentation using the Wit or Witout recipe by Mike Dixon. I decided to take a taste to see how it was coming along. It was extremely weak tasting, most likely because I missed my OG by .010 due to miscalculations with my strike...