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But if I was planning a big beer and cheese pairing what would I pair this wheat with? I really need some suggestions, completely stumped.

Is ALL blue mold penicillium? Or is penecillium blue?

Two weeks, temp controlled at 65d the entire time, never varied more than two degrees either way.

Just racked a wheat out of primary into a secondary. Managed this with the lid closed. While I was transferring I drew a little off and read FG plus tasted it. Good flavor but there was a little sour note on the backend, not much but some. When I was done transferring and opened up the...

Damnit, they all said the same thing!!! :) :ban:

Three different times. This (fourth time) is my last entry into the hobby and I will (hopefully) brew until I pass on. I had an ok but really basic set with my first wife. No real temp control for fermentation and mostly just a crappy aluminum pot with some buckets. I got out b/c the beer...

Yesterday I brewed up a batch I'm calling The Bed and Breakfast. Its a nice, light-body wheat with plenty of foam producers. In the secondary I will infuse with lightly toasted french oak chips and two vanilla beans. To me those flavors just shout Bed and Breakfast. Should be just about the...

Involving a new brewer is the way to go, just make sure to monitor them closely! Last month my adult son joined me in brewing for the first time since he was in middle school. I asked him to pop the yeast pack and then turned away to do something else. After a few seconds I hear him ask "What's...

Alcohol won't solve your problems. But then again, neither will milk.

One last run to HD for a gasket or two then I'm going to be using mine to brew a vanilla wheat! Super excite to work with my new toy!

Wow, GREAT thread folks. Thanks a lot for all the suggestions. I just ordered the TW8060 that Key West suggested at the top of the thread. I smoke a lot of ribs and stuff so this will have MULTIPLE uses. Thanks again all!

I've had enough! I fought with my POS thermometer in my last brew session and have decided that this critical piece of gear in my toolbox needs some TLC. I mash in a 10g water cooler and boil in a converted keg. I don't plan on mounting a thermometer in either vessel so I'm looking for...

Can you post a pic of it in final w/ the lid open? And this is an amazing job here, btw!!

If I were to try this (brew session coming up in 2 weeks) how would I judge it's effectiveness? Obviously a stuck sparge would be bad. What about efficiency? Low specific gravity of the wort pre-boil would be bad, I think. What else? Tupperwulf, why couldn't I batch sparge this? Why the fly...

Has anyone ever tried using a bed of marbles in the bottom of the MT as a filtration? Any guesses on how well it might/might not work? There was a thread here a few weeks back where someone had a SS screen in the bottom of a MLT but the screen was several inches off the bottom and a...