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Hellaweizen - Hefeweizen - Extract Recipe Kit

Nice!

Free is always good. :)

Beer Beer!

Pretty slick!

Got my second batch sitting in our spare room with the AC on and the room temp is 70. Hope it is ok, working on a wort chiller, got a free 5 cuft chest freezer to turn into a chiller. Now on to the issue. I used a packaged liquid yeast the first batch and didn't have any issues. This time...

I did boil per the directions, sorry I didn't make it clear. I just poured the cooled sugar mix in and started to bottle. I guess like all things, learn from experience. The issue I have now is that we really don't have anyplace cool enough to store the fermentation bucket. Our house is 80 in...

In for the win!

Well I accomplished my first batch and it turned out well. It was a Honey Brown Ale. I found out the hard way that my stove and the SS pot I have don't work well. So out to the side burner of our grill I went to finish up the process. Even the side burner had a hard time keeping the wort at a...

Free is good.

I got it to a rolling boil and did it for an hour. It seems even the side burner had some trouble because it never got to a serious hard boil but it did make it to a low one. It seems since the bottom of my pot is not flat that is an issue. I wonder if it would even work with a separate...

Well, not sure if this subject is on here. I didn't search but thought I would post it just in case. I learned the hard way that the SS pot I have and our induction stove don't mix. I had it on high for over an hour and it never did boil. I had to take it out and put it on the side burner on...

Welcome from eastern NC here. :mug:

Welcome! :mug:

Welcome! New to brewing here as well.