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So that's all you personally do? Just freeze it and it's good to go? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

My understanding was that freezing the fruit + the alcohol already present in the beer would kill any bugs left after freezing... Is this right? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

There isn't really a recipe. I'm planning on adding blueberries to the pilsner kit. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I'm brewing from Munton's hopped Pilsner LME and planning on using blueberries for a secondary fermentation. The primary fermentation is almost done. Maybe 1 or 2 days left. I plan to rack the beer over the blueberries on Monday. My question is, should I discard the sludge at the bottom of...

ANOTHER QUESTION! When I rack the primary beer over the blueberries, do I need to discard the sludge at the bottom?? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

If I added the frozen (thawed) fruit after the primary fermentation, wouldn't the alcohol already present in the mash be enough to kill any organisms left?

2nd question: I'm planning on making this a blueberry-pilsner. I have "brewer's best" blueberry flavoring, of which I've read good reviews. I'm wondering if I could also put frozen (thawed) real blueberries in the bucket to give the beer a real flavor before I try the artificial stuff. Would I...

Just the dry dme? I wouldn't need to add any more brewer's yeast??

Would it be better to use dextrose?

Ok. I'm using a hopped Munton's Pilsner kit. The abv of these kits usually levels out at 4% for me. I'm looking to increase it to 5-6%. Is it okay to just add some more sugar and a bit of distiller's yeast I have after the initial brewer's yeast quits? Or do I new to add any more yeast...