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I used Voss Kveik (dried) and it fermented amazingly well in 3 days in my garage at 90+ degrees. However, when I cam to bottle it a few days later, there was clearly not enough active yeast to carbonate, I got an almost flat beer after two and after four weeks (stored in my cellar, not in the...

I recently brewed a simple pilsner-based beer (not really a lager) using Kveik as an experiment. It fermented in three days in my garage at 95F in the daytime and 75F at night. I was amazed, it was very clear when bottled and the taste was totally clean (no off-flavors or smells), even my wife...

Cheers! I haven't progressed to kegging yet, so I bottle carbonate. I use BrewSmith to calculate the sugar content, and aim for 2.5Vols using ordinary table sugar. I've found that one week conditioning is what is needed, that glass there was six days after bottling.

Top up the pool !

Mine's a Hefe Weizen, what I'm calling my "NICE 'N WEIZEN". 68Deg ferment in the basement, SafAle WB-06 yeast. I get nice 'banana' flavor, minimal spiciness and a lovely clean taste.

Definitely try the Safale German Wheat and the Lallemand Kolsch. I made a single batch of German Pils and acidulated Munich, for a 3.0 PH wort. I then fermented half with Philly Sour and half with the Lallemand Kolsch and got two really enjoyable beers, a Berliner Weisse and a Kolsch (I used...

This is my 6th all-grain brew and I'm so delighted that I'm making not only my own beer, but that I actually prefer it to some of the commercial Weizens. There's a freshness and clean taste that is often missing, at least in some of the export beer. I loved in Germany as an intern and my brew...

Oh, and just fermented at basement temperature 68-69. It fermented for about eight days, starting st 1.046, finishing at 1.007

Safale WB-06 German Wheat, I am certain that it is every bit as good as the liquid yeasts ive used before (White Labs and Wyeast) and so simple, 5gals, one packet, sprinkled straight ontop !

Drinking a Franziskaner Hefeweizen, just bottled 5gal of my own Hefeweizen, first batch with dry yeast, and a pre-bottle taste was excellent, great banana flavors, 5.1ABV. I LOVE home brewing !

Mashed in with Dark Mild, 59F outside today, so going 🐌

Just about to start brewing an English Dark Mild (when the rain stops) here in Maryland. Going for a 'heretical' thirty minute mash, five minute sparge, thirty minutes boil (low hopping of Mild is ideal) and....dry yeast packet of Nottingham Ale.

Drinking my nice and sour (tart) Berliner Weisse. I've had a session in the Prater Garten in Berlin and I'm pretty proud of this, specially with a drop of Waldmeister, which I ordered online ($15) and is epic !

Hi, I have the Klarstein too, and been using it for a while. Let me know if you want to have a chat about it, terminology or what other equipment to buy.

Klarstein Maischfest, built a simple table at perfect height using the frame from a barstool !