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I just found a large amount of wild huckleberries and vine berries in my freezer that I picked last year in Indian Heaven wilderness in southern Washington. I want to use them in a beer. I was thinking of a basic wheat beer but the flavor of the berries are quite tart compared to farmed...

I had a serious blow off occur. Air lock was blown through, but not blown off. This occurred when I was out of town and my brew partner got too busy to monitor it. I noticed it when I got back, figured there was a blanket of CO2 in the carboy to keep any bugs out, so I replaced the airlock and...

So I have a RIS that I brewed in early March, 2013. I want to bottle it soon. It started at 1.109 and finished at 1.026. I want to bottle it but I think I need to add yeast after 7 months of aging. (It was racked twice because my yeast flubbed out after 3 weeks at 1.040, so I racked it to...

I made a massive RIS last month. Started at 1.098. I pitched a 2L stir plate starter of WY1335. The starter spent 3 days swirling. I took a reading and its only down to 1.041, four weeks in. I plan on waiting another week and then take another reading. I know the yeast I used isn't the...

I have an IPA (1.072) that has fermented out and is still in primary for 5 days afterward (steady at 1.019 last week when I had time to check on Monday and again on Thursday which was my target). It will be 4 weeks tomorrow since pitching and I will not have the time to transfer for dry hop for...

Just joined. This site is incredible! Thanks for answering many questions before I asked them. That said, I just brewed an AHBS Weihenstephaner hefe clone. The recipe called for a wort volume of 5 1/4 gal. I realized after fermentation started that I only had a volume of about...