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I just brewed this myself. Steeped the tea before the boil. All they had was the bag kind, so I did 4 bags shy(I need to drink *some* as tea!) of 2.9 oz, before the boil. I am using White Labs Wit yeast, I wanted to use the German hefe, but they were out (sold the last two and hour before I...

My last hefe did 10 days in the primary, directly to keg. I was drinking it three days later and it was amazing.

The more sugar, the more alcohol, and the drier the whole thing is going to taste. At 4lb of sugar it is going to be really dry if you don't back sweeten it. At least it would be if you used corn sugar. The brown sugar should ferment out a bit differently, I would be a bit weary about...

I just finished my first wheat beer. It was a kinda thrown together with next to no research attempt at a dunkelweizen. It isn't even three weeks old(it went straight in the key from primary a few days ago and got the first taste pulled tonight) and it is probably my best brew so far. The...

Yep. I would wait 7-10 days, take a reading, wait a few more and take a second reading. At that little of time, extra time in the fermentor can only help. It is probably worth writing down your impressions of the taste when you take the readings too. I will help you spot "green beer" in...

I have kind of a wild guess, but to first understand your problem, it sounds like you are putting warm beer in there. And as it is trying to cool it down it is getting too hot on the sides and warming it back up. From what I understand about a normal, newish at least, fridge. There is a...

I bottled my first batch(classic recipe) a bit over a week ago after about 4 weeks in the carboy. It is amazing. Dry, tart and a small amount of carb(better than the still was). This will be brewed again quickly, that is for sure. :drunk:

My first batch is almost ready to bottle. Total 1548 + 5 = 1553

I have done a few brews now, getting the hang of most of the tasks, but for the life of me I still can't get racking to work right consistently. So far it hasn't ruined anything, but I know if I can't get this to work something is going to get ruined. After this last messed up transfer of my...

I already got two going, I am running out of places to put it. I was just getting worried because it was my first keg. I will relax, need to finish off this keg off this keg of Fat Tire before my dubbel is done anyways. Thanks for talking me down.

I just did the math, it looks like I made it 8 weeks ago last Sunday and it has been in the keg and cold for about a week. As much as I tell myself to relax, this sour taste still worries me.

I kegged my first brew last week, a dry stout. Before kegging, since I was going to force carb it, I let it sit in the secondary an extra few weeks, for a total of somewhere around a month. I have had it in the keg for about a week and it is starting to hit the right spot in carbonation but...

I have a 4912 and right now I have sitting in there one sixth barrel with what I assume is a normal sanky tap (lever type), a corny, and a 5# co2 tank. It is a tight fit to be sure, but the door shuts fine. The hoses will be a bit of a mess and changing the co2 pressure requires pulling stuff...

Okay, thanks. I will keep playing with it. Will the keg lube help? I read somewhere it could help old used kegs seal.

It don't seem hard or anything, like I would expect rubber to be. The valve wasn't open. I am pretty sure it was seeping out around the o-ring.