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I have been AG brewing small batches for quite a while. I mash in a 5 gallon kettle, then raise the temperature to 168, stir, and let sit for 20 minutes. Next, I vorlauf the first run, add strike water 168 degrees, stir and let settle, then collect second running. I was curious about...

I'm trying to make a better Wiessbier. I have done 3 batches now, trying to tweak it to perfection. I think I have it pretty close. For a 3.5 G batch: 5 lb White Wheat 1.75 Munich 10L .25 lb Caramunich II Wyeast 3068 Mash schedule: Ferulic rest @ 120F - 30 min Maltose rest @ 145F -...

I really like good German weissbier, so I started brewing my own. I've done a few partial grain batches with wheat malt extract and mashing pilsner with munich malt grain. These batches have turned out excellent, but have a slight bitter twang. So this batch, I tried all grain: 3.5 gallon...

What do you do if your OG is a little short? Since I only have a 5g BK, I scale the recipe to use some LME, and top off the fermenter with water. All was going well. Mash wort collected, hit my target (78% efficiency). Boil off, good. This batch had 5 oz of hop pellets. I had over 5...

The short story here.... I started brewing extract beers in 2001-2004 and didn't know much about what I was doing. I just pitched whatever dried yeast the HBS had because it was cheap. I always had trouble with under-carbed beer. I just started brewing again using Wyeast 3068 (German...