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So in conclusion this approach worked just fine. The beer isn't super blueberry flavored, but it's solidly tart and crisp. No evidence to suggest that keeping it in primary was a problem. So I let it sit for two weeks in primary before adding blueberries, then let it sit another two weeks...

I forgot to comment on how this all worked out. The starter really helped and the taste of the beer when all was said and done was probably my best yet. So if there were some "off flavors" they either went well with it or never materialized. So at least in a big high gravity beer like what I...

So last summer I whipped up a Strawberry Weiss beer that was pretty good and I'm trying Blueberry this year. What I'm wondering though is if I can save myself some trouble and skip using a secondary fermenter in the process. The first time I did this, I racked the beer to secondary, but my...

In the end, brewing is a lot of trial and error, so we'll find out if this is an error in another week or two :). I will say that the starter definitely got the fermentation going a lot faster than when I used multiple yeast packs. If the flavor is a bit off on this batch, then next time I'll...

So if I didn't crash and decant, I'm assuming the downside is that it will have some effect on the flavor?

So I'm attempting my second run at a belgian quad that turned out delicious last time. When I got the kit together, my advisor at the brewing store I go to suggested that I should either buy more yeast packs or do a starter. For the first attempt I went the easy/expensive route and just bought...