Recent content by dwessell

Hey all.... I was at a bar in ATL this past weekend.. And had my first taste of Hacker Weiss... Needless to say, I am in love.. This has got to be one of the best biers I've ever had!! Does anyone know of stores that might have a clone of this beer? Or a direction to go in?? I've got an empty...

I'm on well water. I've recently come to realize that I have some sort of bacteria in my hot water tank.. It causes a bit of a sulfur smell, and I'm not sure yet what causes it.. I've flushed the tank, and am going to clean ith with a bleach solution next.. I haven't been able to get this to...

denimglen, What kind of water are you on? Well, city? dw

I've got a friend that works in a lab, and I'm going to have her look at it.. If it is an infection, is this batch lost? dw

What should SG be for a wheat beer? That informatino didn't come with the recipe that I was using.. The only thing that was strange about this brew (My wife just reminded me, I forgot about it), was there was some carbon in the bottom of the wort kettle that flaked off during boiling.. I got...

Hey guys/gals.. Thanks for all the info.. I broke open the lid on the secondary fermenter today and took a peek... Below is the picture for what I found.. It looks almost fibrous, but when i touched it, it was pretty smooth and silky, and came off the top of the beer in a layer.. The beer still...

My temp was around 75F... I was following the standard recipe that I got from the store where I purchased the kit (Obviosuly first time brewer). I'll see if I can't hunt down the recipe.. Thanks for any thoughts... dw

It was a White Labs Hefeweizen Yeast, that I got from the local brewers store.... I siphoned into the secondary, and there's very little of the off stuff (a small flake or two) that made it into the secondary... Sure does smell good though.. dw

Hey all. Well, I pulled the Stout out of the secondary fermenter, and bottled it.. I'm on pins and needles until it gets done (First batch).. However, I siphoned my Wheat beer from the primary into the secondary.. And it had a weird material on top that I didn't recognize.. Am I ruined? Is...

Thanks everyone for your replies!! I have 5 gals of Irish Stout brewing right now, and I have materials for another 5 gals of Wheat Bier. My concern was not drinking the Irish fast enough, and the Wheat just sitting around and going bad.. Of course, I want to brew it all now, as it's quite...

Hi all, Brand new brewer here. I just brewed my first batch of beer (Irish Stout).. I have a questiono about holding times.. What are the lengths of time that the bier will stay good for in 1) The fermenter, after fermenting is complete 2) After adding sugar for carbonating 3) In...