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Thank you for all of the replies. For all of the reading I have done so far, I never fully understood what pitching rate meant, so I thought that the alcohol tolerance would be too low with this yeast. I guess I need to do a lot more reading! It's been almost 24 hours and the carboy is...

I used a Wyeast activator pack and let it sit for around three hours. The package plumped up pretty well before I pitched.

Recipe: Honey HopHef 1 6 lbs Bavarian Wheat DME 5 lbs Orange Blossom Honey .75 oz Cascade FWH 20 min. @ 160 2.25 oz Chinook 60 min. 1.5 oz Cascade 15 min. WYEAST Wyhenstephaner To my surprise, the SG was just over 1.080, and the WYEAST recommends no greater than 1.060. I guess I'm...

Yeah, the honey was a random decision. I also steeped 1/3 of the finishing hop as a FWH to see if it would retain more of the flavor, but that was most likely a bad idea as well. Obviously I'm a little over-anxious to tweek, so hopefully I'll learn my lesson early.

I'll definitely check out AustinHomeBrew. I also just discovered that Annapolis Home Brew, which is close to me, makes their own kits. Probably good to support the local store. I'm pretty eager to start crafting on my own, but using kits will probably give me a good idea of what I like before...

Thanks for the replies. I was a little weary of the maltodextrin after doing some reading, but I thought I'd just follow the recipe for my first shot. I'll just leave it alone for a while and see how it turns out. Thanks again. Oh yeah... the steeping was part of the instructions as...

Recipe Steep... 8 oz. Chocolate 8 oz. Munich 60 min. boil... 6.6 lb. Wheat LME 1 lb Maltodextrin .5 oz. bittering hops 1 lb honey 15 min. boil... 1 oz. flavoring Being nervous as **** to keep the yeast hydrating properly and the wort cooling, I forgot to take an OG reading...