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Just throwing this out there, but you might also try a 90 - 120 minute boil. You'd have to adjust your boil volume to account for more evaporation.

2816.5 + 5 = 2821.5

2,798.5 + 5 = 2803.5

That's normal. The yeast release CO2 and alcohol when they eat the sugars. When you bottle carbonate (as opposed to forced carbing in a keg) that's where the carbonation comes from.

I've got a 5 gallon batch on the go right now to which I added 1.5 kg of frozen and thawed blueberries in the primary. I'll probably have to add more blueberries in secondary to freshen up the flavour.