robd

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do i need to transfer inton a secondary and if so when

michael.berta

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I personally tend not to use a secondary unless I know I won't be drinking it for a really long time. My advise would be to take a gravity reading. When you hit your final gravity crash cool for a day or two and then bottle/keg.

Cheers...

SumnerH

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Hefes are best drunk young. I'd even bottle/keg as soon as FG stabilizes and drink when carb'd--my current kristalweizen was less than 3 weeks boil to belly, naturally carbed in bottle--and as a kristal, I had to rack onto gelatin for 48 hours of crash cooling. A hefe obviously doesn't want that.

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On deck: Little Bo Pils, Bretta Off Dead (Brett pale)
Secondary: Oude Bruin, Red Sky at Morning (Sour brown ale)
On tap: Saison Duphunk (sour), Amarillo Slim (IPA), Earl White (ginger/bergamot wit)
Bottled: Number 8 (Belgian Strong Dark Ale), Eternale (Barleywine), Ancho Villa (Ancho/pasilla/chocolate/cinnamon RIS), Oak smoked porter (1/2 maple bourbon oaked, 1/2 apple brandy oaked)

ifishsum

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I don't secondary a hefeweizen - 2 weeks in fermenter then straight into bottling bucket. I even purposely try to pick up some extra yeast in the siphon so I have enough sediment in the bottles to swirl back up into the beer before pouring. It's part of the style, and an important one IMO (hefe meaning yeast and all).

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Primary 2: Edwort's Robust Porter
Secondary 1: LW Pale Ale
Secondary 1: Blackened Soul RIS
Kegged: Dead Guy Ale
Kegged: Rye Pale Ale
Kegged: Haus Pale Ale
Kegged: Nut Brown Ale
Kegged: Afrikan Amber
Kegged: Jock Scott Ale
Kegged: Afrikan Amber

Boodlemania

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Seconded. Especially the part regarding having yeast to pour into the glass. Mighty tasty, especially with WLP300.

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ewbish

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x5 for no secondary for Bavarian Hefe. 3 weeks from yeast pitch to belly.

babalu87

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I always secondary my Hefeweizens

IN MAH BELLY!

Johnny9

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its amazing how fast hefe's go (go down I mean). I just finished a 5 gal batch in 3 weeks (mainly just me). I just couldn't lay off it.

Got a 10 gal batch in primary now!!!