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For those who want pictures, I took a few but they turned out blurry and are not postable... the larvae are too small (about the size of a broken pencil lead), so the camera isn't able to focus. I even tried sliding a piece of white paper behind the photo area to see if that would help. I...

So I have a couple of the Better Bottle plastic carboys in addition to the usual glass ones... and I just removed one of the plastic carboys from storage and found that some sort of larvae have dug into the walls of the carboy. The larvae appear dead from sanitizing, but the carboy is...

I think 4-5 pound of fresh/frozen peaches would give a nice, yet not over-powering flavor. Ive done a peach recently and used a combo puree/fresh peaches and found it to be a mild fruit in brewing terms. Now, if you were adding raspberries (or another strong flavored fruit), Id cut back to...

Ive used this strain with a Blueberry Wheat and had a great result... Do you think the problem could be in the artificial flavoring? Or maybe the amount that you added? 2oz doesnt seem too high (for what I read), but Ive never used the flavoring stuff before.

I guess it depends on what form the berries are youre adding... If its fresh fruit, 4lbs sounds right---if it is puree (which is a bit more concentrated), 3-3.5 would lend a nice subtle flavor. Also... some berries lend a more potent flavor than others (ie cherries = more pronounced...

Everyone has their own method with these... to rinse or not to rinse, to soak or not to soak... etc etc. Personally, I think its a waste of time to rinse/soak the hulls. The amount of wort they could potentially absorb is microscopic anyway. Just add a couple of scoops---no need to weigh...

I think the yeast will do just fine... This past week, I racked my wheat into a secondary with a portion of blueberry puree. For about 48 hours after racking, there was a slight spike in fermentation, which has since faded. Personally, I enjoy the method where you add the fruit into the...

You can certainly add the honey at flame out, but honey is ultra fermentable... and if you add it before primary fermentation, the only real effect will be a higher gravity. Yes, perhaps some flavor can/will transfer, but if you want a real honey flavor, Id look at adding it as you rack into...

Jezz... the valium hasnt kicked in yet eh? Needless to say, you must not have read my original post (this doesnt surprise me)... nor my second one in response to you (still doesnt surprise me). There is nothing I've found in this forum or anywhere else that answers specific gravity questions...

NL... Yeah, I do see your point there---its kind of where I was thinking too. Just for info's sake, I basically ordered a 4lb can of Blueberry puree. Now... this puree is supposedly free of additives (so no corn syrup or anything). Its just supposed to be 100% blueberries (minus this...

Jez... do us a favor and swallow a couple of valiums. Most topics in here have been previously covered at some point. FYI... I performed a "fruit" search and was hit with an error message. Specifically, I was looking for the gravity question, which I havent found anywhere... which, in turn...

Hello again! I have a question for some of you. Im making a batch of Blueberry Wheat for a friend of mine and wondered if anyone had any experience brewing with fruit? For me, this would be my first time and I am uncertain as to the "fruit" part of the process. Ive read where its a good...

I think priming with maple is mainly a novelty more than anything---in my experience, there really is no flavor gained by added maple syrup as a priming sugar. Grade B is the stuff you want, but if youre looking for flavor, you might want to try adding it during the last 15 minutes of the...

Thanks for the responses... Day 3 of fermentation and its going really well so far. Huge krausen. I guess we'll wait and see what the reading is when primary subsides. Do you know how/where you could find out the specfic gravity points of various adjuncts (like maple syrup, etc)? I was...

Hi everyone... first post here and I have a question I was hoping some of you could lend insight to. I recently brewed a maple porter---total grain bill being 10lbs with 2lbs additional adjuncts (ie flaked oats, etc). During the last 15 minutes of my boil, I added 64oz (1/2 g) of grade B maple...