first extract brew(wheat)

iceo · Oct 29, 2013

what a little in put form pittsy . im going to order myself the bits needed next week ( i hope)

going to order from the homebrew company (anyone know of any discount codes for them?)
4kg of wheat dme(3kg for this brew and a 1kg if i do a wheat kit)
100g of Hersbrucker hops
safbrew wb06(got the turb of a Mauribrew Weiss from my last brew) just in case

9L of water
boil for 60 mins add about 25g of hersbrucker
20g at 15 mins to go
pop into fv
add cold water till you get a total of 23l(hard water area)
taken from pittsy

does it look ok?(sorry pittsy just want some more input)
i know its easy but im worried im going to f*ck it up

pittsy · Oct 29, 2013

none taken , that's the best thing to do many heads are better than 1

iceo · Oct 29, 2013

but from what i read your head is the one to pick when it comes to wheat :grin:

iceo · Nov 1, 2013

thats the shopping list ordered . it would be nice to have it all ready for a brew day on my birthday

pittsy · Nov 1, 2013

good good , when's your birthday , i may be brewing on sunday if it's then , cheers to the beers ,hail to the ale lol

iceo · Nov 1, 2013

no its on Wednesday. so hoping i will get my order monday/tuesday . i will be raising a for bottles that night

i wouldt be drinking wheat i have a brewferm kit i bottled 2 months ago

iceo · Nov 6, 2013

Wheat, Ext#1

Recipe specifics:

Style: Weizen/Weissbier
Batch size: 19.0 l
Boil volume: 9.0 l
OG: 1.049
FG: 1.012
Bitterness (IBU): 10.8
Color (SRM): 3.8
ABV: 4.8%

Grain/Sugars:

3.00 kg Wheat DME, 100.0%

Hops:

40.00 g Hersbrucker (AA 3.2%, Whole) 60 min, 8.7 IBU
20.00 g Hersbrucker (AA 3.2%, Whole) 15 min, 2.2 IBU

Yeast/Misc:

wb-06, 1.0 unit(s), Yeast

well I hope to get this on today fingers crossed,

Got 4kg wdme. Going to make a quick starter using the turb from my last wheat
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ok my biggest pan is a max 7L so my boil is going to 5L, so i ibu is going to be low or will have to use 60g @60minutes

iceo · Nov 6, 2013

well it didnt go to plan, the old saying a watched pot never boils. well a unwatched pot of wort boils over :doh:

got a higher SG/OG even with the boil over 1.048 . 5L wort-(boil over) + 15L cold water it is all now in the pb

wort 23.1c starter 22.3c so its in the hands of the brew gods now :pray:

iceo · Nov 7, 2013

well its well under way but it smells very hoppy

pittsy · Nov 7, 2013

if you're boiling and hops in etc then that's all normal , you won't notice the hop when fermented etc as per style , hope it all goes well.

iceo · Nov 7, 2013

pittsy said:
if you're boiling and hops in etc then that's all normal , you won't notice the hop when fermented etc as per style , hope it all goes well.

its all going well now it in the pb it took me 45minutes to scrub the the burn wort of my hob. (need to get a bigger pot for next time)

thanks for all the help pittsy. :thumb:

iceo · Nov 16, 2013

well after 10 days its still going sort of.

took a reading last sunday down to 22
reading on wednesday 20
so gave it a stir and added more yeast
reading last night was 18-19
iv covered the fv/pb with a towl to try and bring the temp up as i get a drop at night. holding about 21.5 over night

pittsy · Nov 16, 2013

sounds like the turtle and the hair , remember the turtle won . sods law just cause i said they ferment quick

iceo · Nov 16, 2013

pittsy said:
sounds like the turtle and the hair , remember the turtle won . sods law just cause i said they ferment quick

i dont blame you. it was quick but think my yeast from the last brew was getting old as it had been in the fridge for 2 weeks. im in no rush if i get a nice drinkable beer at the end.

ovenbeasts · Nov 16, 2013

About to bottle the exact same kit tomorrow.

Tried a sample on Thursday night straight from FV and the taste was great. I've left it in FV for 2 weeks (as of tomorrow) as the yeast was very slow to start. Even though I bought the Wyeast I didn't unwrap the pack and left it in a cupboard for 2 months so may have compromised the yeast somewhat.

I didn't experience any of the vigorous fermentation other people have recorded so it was slow and steady this time. Expect a strong banana smell when it gets going which is perfectly normal and not evident in the taste (I hope).

Interested to know how it goes.

ovenbeasts · Nov 16, 2013

Sorry didn't notice chronology. I started mine earlier but looks like you've caught up. It'll be interesting to see what taste profiles emerge if we bottle at different times.

As this is my first extract brew I'm happy with the results so far and have learned a few valuable lessons. Put Wyeast in fridge and how to cool wort.

iceo · Nov 16, 2013

ovenbeasts said:
About to bottle the exact same kit tomorrow.

Tried a sample on Thursday night straight from FV and the taste was great. I've left it in FV for 2 weeks (as of tomorrow) as the yeast was very slow to start. Even though I bought the Wyeast I didn't unwrap the pack and left it in a cupboard for 2 months so may have compromised the yeast somewhat.

I didn't experience any of the vigorous fermentation other people have recorded so it was slow and steady this time. Expect a strong banana smell when it gets going which is perfectly normal and not evident in the taste (I hope).

Interested to know how it goes.

what was your SG/OG?

brewR tells me that i should be looking for a FG of 1.012 if i get close i will bottle

i didnt need to cool my wort as 15L of cold water did the job

clibit · Nov 16, 2013

It was a tortoise.

pittsy · Nov 16, 2013

clibit said:
It was a tortoise.

not in my race it wasn't lol ( expect to see more spelling mistakes from me)

iceo · Nov 16, 2013

pittsy said:
clibit said:

It was a tortoise.

Click to expand...

not in my race it wasn't lol ( expect to see more spelling mistakes from me)

mark have you been on the ale already? and its the wrong hair :wha:

if i ever finishes mark i will drop a pint in the post to say thanks all the help

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