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My bad fellers, I did mis-read it. I thought it was 1.005. I'll let it ride. Thanks for the corrections. I don't need to make a strong 7% kinda beer, but I'd like to if it only meant adding some extra DME, but flavor is the most important thing. Again, thanks for all the advice.

Damn, that's like a non-alcoholic beer. I guess I should just dump it. So, for my next batch, of 5gal, how much DME should I use if I want a beer of somewhere between 6 or 7%? I like the DME better than the liquid. I would be using a wheat yeast, as well as DME, and I would add a packet of...

Right, I know I wouldn't get an OG on it, but I'd like to see a higher reading for higher ABV. I used 6lbs of DME and the volume is 5gal. Out of curiosity, how might I increase the ABV? More DME? Thanks again

Thanks for the responses. Yes, I took the sample off the top, like top inch maybe. I stirred and shook it pretty well before I sampled, but the good stuff may have been lower. I've always sampled that way and never had the same problem. Hopefully I can get a better reading once the primary...

Pic says it all. Supposed to be a Belgium Wheat. I used 6lbs of Wheat DME, & some hops, but my og is so low. The fermentation is taking off nicely, but I don't want some weak, flavorless beer. Any advice, or can someone tell me what I did wrong? First time using DME only, no LME. I put about 1lb...

I ordered both these, but now I think they might be different kinds of the same thing? I should just add one to my yeast starter?

I used a yeast packet that was already partially inflated...3 days ago & not even a hint of activity.

Are these too inflated? I just got a starter "starting kit." Just got em today. I wanna brew tomorrow & Sunday. I haven't made a starter before, but I did by the 1000ml beaker thing with stopper.

Greetings All, my children's school has a father's club that has monthly gatherings. Usually it's poker or something of that sort, but I thought I might hold a lil beer brewing session to show how to brew beer with the goal of encouraging others to try. My end goal is to have enough...

Drink it & report back with a review. God Speed adventurer!

I've got 2x3.3lb cans of Muntons Wheat LME and 1lb of Muntons wheat DME. The last belgian wheat beer I made used 2 cans and the lb of DME. Should I use that much again, or is that too much? All the other recipes I've done only use the 2 cans.

The kits I've been using have me boiling the extract for an hour. One kit I used had me boil 3.3lbs for 45 min, then add the second extract (hops for an hour). I did a true brew American Wheat that boiled extract for an hour and it tasted like hoegarden, but had a color of 15SRM. Should I add...

So I'm trying to build my own version of an extract kit, and from previous kits that I got, with pre-selected ingredients, it seems DME can or doesn't have to go into a recipe. My questions are: What does DME add to a recipe When is it a bad time to use DME Do/how I adjust a recipe if I add...

...and lesson learned. Fermentation can take up to 72 hours to show. 48 hrs later (one on the left).

Thanks G Swill. I assume since the pack did inflate some, it's working, just slowly. Here's the juice Looks like a huge pitcher of sun tea

I know it takes up to 72hr, but, now that it's been 24hr and my beer looks flatter than a tweaker's butt, I'm questioning when I pitched the yeast. I brewed a Belgium witbier extract kit from NB, but I didn't know about smacking my pack days in advance of brewing, so I smacked it and it did...

Can I get a lil' less pumpkin and a lil' more spice? The spice, in the beer I'm trying to come close to, had more of a strong spice and weak pumpkin flavor.

Nah brah', I'm doing a Belgium wheat. Orangier the better; I'm looking for a tangerine (lost coast brewing) type flava'.

What is fresh zest?

Do I just buy some pumpkin pie spice at the grocery store, and throw in last few min of boil? What would give the spice taste without pumpkin flavor?