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I'm not much for fruit beers, with the exception of Sweetwater Blue. I love the mildness of it, and the refreshing aftertaste. That being said I'm thinking of brewing up something similar. After consulting with a Brewer friend he told to just brew up a blonde, and add blueberries at...

If you want 5 gallons after fermentation you're going to need more than 5 gallons in the fermenter. The yeast eats some, the trub takes away some.

do you brew on the stove?

And to be clear, adding water post boil isn't a bad thing. Most people seem to do it. I just have a hard time adding water to my wort, who knows why.

+1 on this. I have never brewed an extract kit, but just from reading the forums the instructions leave much to be desired. I have been shooting for just a bit above 5.25 in the primary, and this leaves me plenty of trub space, and a full five gallons of fermented goodness.

There are a number of reasons you may have less than the desired 5 gallons, but in my experience the main culprit is boil off. I've seen a one hour boil reduce the wort from 6.5 down to 5, which after fermentation will be less than 5. However, it must be noted that only getting 4.75...

I am writing this in response to those brewers new to the game who seem terrified of doing AG. Let me first disclose that I've never done an extract batch, and jumped in the deep end with AG, at the insistence of a fellow brewer. Extract batches seem like a very natural jumping off...

I like doing the clones, especially now at my beginning stages. It gives me an immediate scale to compare how well my brews are coming out. Not that i expect them to taste identical, but I know when I'm getting close, or if i've totally missed the mark. Also, to have 5 gallons of RDGA (sort...

Actually, I increased the grain from your recipe just slightly, to account for this. I just didn't want to ruin beer to just make more of it.

OG was supposed to be 1.058, it came in at 1.056.

I'm pretty new to, from what I can tell, is the absolute best hobby ever. I've done a few batches, and have yet to get a full five gallons after bottling. The last brew I got about 4.5. This is function of not only boil off, but not wanting to rack up the trub. I brewed up this weekend...

After having a friend who had been brewing for years, and making phenomenal beer intrigued, he moved away, I had to take up the hobby. I'm a more than busy Doctoral student, and just never seemed to find a spare weekend to pick up the necessary supplies. This past X-mas my girlfriend bought me...