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With frozen fruit, you don't really need to sanitize (you're dumping it into alcohol after all. If it's store bought I would sanitize the bag it came in (just star san or bleach solution) as there's no telling where that bag has been... But you can be fairly certain the fruit inside was packaged...

Before you commit to growing barley, make sure you are prepared to malt it. It's a rather involved process that takes several days and some specialized ability to keep the grain at certain temps and moisture content. And no, malted barley will not germinate. Technically it already germinated...

Did you try to agitate the wort? Sometime when fermentation gets stalled a good stir or a transfer to secondary will kick it back up. I would say to add some yeast nutrient but you've already had a strong initial fermentation so that likely won't do much at this point, but may have helped...

Despite the confused and hurtful comments, I decided to give this a try a week ago. I had previously not done a decoction mash and had a friend request i brew a pilsner so decided this was a good one to go with. Have a few notes to share. First, for those confused by metric you want about 8.75...