Cregar
Well-Known Member
As the title says... "What has been your Hefeweizen fermentation time?"
I am currently brewing a honey hefeweizen (started last weekend dec. 31st). It started fermentation about 8 - 10 hours after pitching yeast... about 18 hours later the krausen was bubbling out of the airlock. Replaced the airlock with a blowoff tube and left it in till today (sunday - 1 week later). I checked the gravity and it came out at 1.030 (OG was 1.050) and frementing at about 64 to 68 degrees. I shook the bottle to get it going again and currently bubbling at 5 to 6 bubbles per minute.
I read somewhere that it can take up to 14 days for a wheat beer for fermentation to complete, so I was wondering what everyones average fermentaion is?
Thanks
I am currently brewing a honey hefeweizen (started last weekend dec. 31st). It started fermentation about 8 - 10 hours after pitching yeast... about 18 hours later the krausen was bubbling out of the airlock. Replaced the airlock with a blowoff tube and left it in till today (sunday - 1 week later). I checked the gravity and it came out at 1.030 (OG was 1.050) and frementing at about 64 to 68 degrees. I shook the bottle to get it going again and currently bubbling at 5 to 6 bubbles per minute.
I read somewhere that it can take up to 14 days for a wheat beer for fermentation to complete, so I was wondering what everyones average fermentaion is?
Thanks