zyx345

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I drink a lot of Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen and was considering Midwest's Hank's Hefeweizen extract kit with the White Labs WLP300 liquid yeast. I'm looking for banana and clove notes in the finished result.

I'll be using a Coopers 6.5 gallon fermenting vessel.

Anyone thats brewed this kit, is a blow off tube essential? Would I have the head space to do without a blow off tube in the Coopers 6.5 gallon fermenting vessel?

Also has anyone compared the final result of Midwest's Hank's Hefeweizen to a commercial Hefe?

kc.rkitek

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I'm brewing it tomorrow with the WLP300 and fermenting in a 6.5 gal bucket for primary and potentially a 6 gal better bottle for secondary (if I need to free up the primary for a St Pat's stout).

I'm not sure about how the flavor will turn out, but I'm definitely looking for the same banana/clove profile. I'm sure you'll want to start before I can actually report, but from what I hear it's pretty good if you can ferment at the the right temps...from what I can gather, the right temp is between 65-68.

Also, I understand the first 2-3 days of fermentation with the WLP300 can be pretty aggressive. I've made a 1 liter starter, so just for fun I think I'll use a blow-off tube. You could do it something like this rather easily: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/airlock-bubbling-over-95581/

I used that as a starting point and made included a activated charcoal scrubber inline since I live in a condo and ferment in a shared basement. The scrubber will supposedly control some of the fermentation odors...we'll see about that.

Best of luck!

SevenFields

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I have brewed it before in a 6.5gl glass fermenter and used WhiteLabs Hefe yeast and did not need a blowoff.
This beer turns out great, by they way!

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zyx345

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Thanks to all for all of the replies!