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Sorry, gang. I've been on the road every week for the past six weeks. Very little home time lately. I did finally get around to drinking a blueberry wheat last week when I was home for a night. I even took some photos of the two beers side by side in the pint glasses, but they are not...

Okay, finally got around to snapping a photo of the blueberry wheat experiment using Northern Brewer's American Wheat kit. Like I said in a previous post, when bottling beer I like to use at least one clear bottle per batch so I can observe color and clarity during the bottle conditioning...

Will do! Should be ready to pour first bottle this weekend, so by next week I should have more to report.

I used RO distilled water straight from the jug. I did not see any need to boil it first because I was adding non-pasteurized fruit to it anyway. I just assumed the RO distilled water would be pure enough for my purposes and was hoping that the pasteurization process would take care of any...

Not yet. Been out of town since my last post. I'll try to post some soon.

Too bad I didn't think to take any photos of the beer in the fermenter so you could see just how dark purple it was looking. I will try to get a photo or two of the beer in the clear bottle and also in a pint glass when I pour the first one in a couple weeks.

Actually, I just got around to bottling it this past Saturday. I had to let the beer sit an extra week in the secondary because I just didn't have time in my schedule to bottle after only two weeks....so the berries sat in the beer for a total of three weeks. As for color, when all five...

So, I brewed the wheat beer kit and allowed to ferment in the primary for a few days. Had a pretty vigorous initial fermentation with kraussen making its way from the fermenter, through the blow-off tube, and into the bucket of water (nasty looking stuff). After four and a half days...

Okay, so I have this NB American Wheat extract kit lying around and one of my fermenters is about to get freed up so its time to start planning the next brew. Last time I made this kit it was quite good, but this time I'd like to add a little something extra. I have heard this is a great kit...

Just took second gravity reading. It may have dropped a half point over the last 48 hours. This reading came in just over 1.010. I'll wait another 2-3 days to see if it ever gets under 1.010. Krausen still sticking around and showing no signs of going away. Will this cause a problem when it...

That's part of the fun of homebrewing......emptying all those bottles so you can re-use them. :tank:

It's their Mild Ale Extract Kit w/ Specialty Grains (item #U1050). It was one of the kits that the guys at NB recommended to me as a good one to start with. I used the Wyest 1945 NeoBrittania smack pack that came with the kit. I brewed on 1/15/11. My original gravity reading was 1.033 just...

Okay, I'm new here and new to the hobby so bear with me. Two weeks ago I brewed my first batch of beer. It was a Mild Ale extract kit from NB. Documentation that came with the kit said fermentation would be completed and the beer would be ready to bottle in two weeks. Tomorrow will be two...