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Just brewed a dunkel Hefeweizen. Pretty good brew with the only issue being the drill I use to aerate the wort dying. Struggling to keep the fermenter temperature down though. Sent from my D6603 using Tapatalk

Planning on brewing on Saturday and think I've got the ingredients for a dark Hefe but would like some suggestions on how much malt to steep and how much hops. I have: 2x1.5kg coopers wheat LME 500g wheat DME 500g crystal malt 500g carafa special 1 chocolate malt ebc800 Hallertau...

Just racked my John Bull Best Bitter into secondary fermenter and it smelled really fruity. Not off but like a really fruity wheat beer, is that normal? This is the first time I've done a kit, used a bag of beer enhancerinstead of the suggested table sugar, brewed it a little short to around...

I've been doing the unspeakable and using a bit of fairy liquid to clean the fv. It's been OK so far but I've bought some vwp cleaner for future brews now. Always rinse multiple times then give everything a good soak with starsan. Quite lucky in Scotland water usage is charged as a flat rate and...

Were you dry hopping in secondary? If primary was finished then there shouldn't be much fermentable left for the yeast to turn into fusel alcohol. Read somewhere that after 72 hours of a normal fermentation that the chance of fusel alcohol being made is very low. Don't know how the yeast behaves...

I think safale do a yeast that's pretty much just for bottle conditioning, think it's usually for high gravity beers that have been in fermenter for a long time. If you think the yeast is dead/cooked maybe rack the beer off the cake asap, maybe use a strainer bag with a siphon and stop as much...

That is good to know! :D Just had a less than successful Hefe where I actually had to consider pouring it through a tea strainer into the glass. Sent from my D6603 using Tapatalk

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Hopefully it's been bubbling all the time just very slowly since I thought it had stopped, worried it has maybe got an infection and it has started to ferment again. It smells very nice at the moment though.. Sent from my D6603 using Tapatalk

I liked how it was a very heavy and compact sediment, didn't feel I was losing much beer. It actually had a similar feel and consistency to wet sand. Sent from my D6603 using Tapatalk

Sorry I didn't type the second recipe out correct, both recipes are coopers wheat lme. I think you're right about the hop utilisation, when I brew this again do you think boiling the hops just in the wort from the steeped grains for 45 mins then do a late addition with the extract at 15 mins to...

I've been brewing a porter using s-04 and I have to say it has been a beast of a yeast! Went off like a rocket the evening I added it, struggled to keep the temperature down (was at bubbling away at 20C in a room at 14C!) and today after 2 weeks I emptied the collection ball of my conical to...

Hefeweizen is a really good beer with a quick turnaround. I did 2 weeks primary then 2 weeks carbonation and it's ready and good to drink. Its a style that is actually better young. Sent from my D6603 using Tapatalk

Sounds a good shout. Annoyed at how this is compared to that other batch. Sent from my D6603 using Tapatalk

First image batch 1 Second image batch 2

Just cracked open the first bottle of my second batch and I'm pretty underwhelmed by it. Its practically an identical recipe to the first batch, here is the recipes 3kg Coopers wheat LME 250g Carawheat 20g Hallertau @ 4.7% WLP300 yeast 1/2 Whirfloc tablet Batch 2 3kg Coopers LME...

I quite fancy trying to dry hop this, ideally with something I've already got in the freezer (chinook, cascade, Mt Hood and hallertau) They're probably not ideal for the style but I don't want to keep accumulating open bags of hops. Sent from my D6603 using Tapatalk

Got some cracking deals on there this morning. Also ended up getting a pressure barrel for £12.50. Sent from my D6603 using Tapatalk

I got the youngs beer enhancer and the coopers extra light dry malt extract. Sent from my D6603 using Tapatalk

Is it a beer enhancer? Sent from my D6603 using Tapatalk