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• Posted in thread: Paulaner-style Hefe Weizen on 07-06-2010 at 03:22 PM
  I drank half a batch of this recipe....its great! next time ill pitch my yeast at cooler
  temp...since i pitched this at high 70'sF, lots of banana smell and flavor...very good beer.the
  other half ferm...

• Posted in thread: 2nd ferment with Tamarind fruit on 06-21-2010 at 12:59 AM
  It's done, fresh pasteurized tamarind fruit, is now fermenting my hefeweisen. wish me luck.
  this sure sounds like a logical mix...hot on the tropics, hurricane season, i need to stock up
  on beer....lo...

• Posted in thread: CO2 Wine opener, for priming? on 06-18-2010 at 08:15 PM
  The ghetto way is to do whip-its and blow it into your beer with a straw :rockin:I dunno, I'll
  have to defer to someone else's judgment on this one.GREAT IDEA!:ban:

• Posted in thread: CO2 Wine opener, for priming? on 06-18-2010 at 07:46 PM
  it would rock to have a preassure gage! lol whats the ghetto way for force carbing? i always
  look at my co2 bicycle pump, it would rock if i could force carb with such a small canister of
  CO2

• Posted in thread: CO2 Wine opener, for priming? on 06-18-2010 at 07:08 PM
  Hey guys, Last night at a friends house I found a CO2 Wine opener. Consisted of a needdle that
  infects co2 into wine bottles. So i was thinking can inject co2 with this for forced carb?we
  pumped some ...

• Posted in thread: Hefeweizen Help!? on 06-17-2010 at 03:34 PM
  airlock bubbles are overrated, let that thing sit with a blow off for a few days.

• Posted in thread: glass carboy or plastic bucket? on 06-17-2010 at 03:32 PM
  both are great...sometimes you have to use the one thats available... if it's clean your good
  to brew.

• Posted in thread: Hefeweizen Help!? on 06-17-2010 at 03:25 PM
  Question, since apparently the fermentation hasn't begun, should I worry about oxidation when I
  top up, or should I try not to disturb the beer? I suppose that I could aerate the water used
  to top up....

• Posted in thread: Hefeweizen Help!? on 06-17-2010 at 02:37 PM
  i would suggest you to lower the temp to around 62fhow many pounds of DME did you use?I just
  made a hefeweisen and my original gravity 1.056 ended at around 1.014

• Posted in thread: priming half a batch on 06-17-2010 at 01:49 AM
  Hello guys, im about to bottle half of my second brew (Hefeweisen from homebrewer_99)this looks
  so freaking awesome! has a great color to it. its been fermenting at 64f since may 26, today's
  june 16.m...