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I have been gone from this forum for a while. In fact I have not brewed in over a year. I actually came back for this recipe because someone begged me to make it again. So, here I am. If made right, this is the tastiest beer you could ever imagine. Lat time it was made 5 of us downed a 24x12 oz...

Cool avitar, Trey rips!

Sounds like a bad acid trip!

Yea its a little higher then it was originally made, but I didnt add corn sugar to it to raise it. Instaed of just using an extract recipe I used a partial mash and mashed more grain. I am looking forward to the finished results.

Brewed it again tonight. This time I did use the 1007 German Yeast. While I was brewing I finished the last of my first batch. I PM a bit more grain this time and raised the SG to 1.066. Other then that followed V1.

Wow this yeast makes a killer Hefe. Figured I would crack one open that I bottled less then a week ago to see how the carbination was coming, and I am really impressed with this beer. Its not even cold and I like it. The vanilla and banana tones in this are definatley there. This is going to...

You can make any of the Island mist kits into a wine cooler. They are really good and come in all sorts of flavors.

Used it in a Brown Ale, and it made a difference for sure. I also eceeded more then 1/4lb and used half, and the flavor of this brown is awesome. I like the grain and would definatley use it again.

I dont have any on hand right now, so I probably wont use it either. I was wondering if I had to make an order for it tomorrow or not. I will be able to get an idea of taste at bottling, and if I think I should I will add it there.

Brewing this beer tomorrow. I have a 1086 starter going right now for it. I am going to partial mash all grains, and use the DME and LME as described in the recipe. Did anyone that has done anything close to this use lactose? I was thinking of adding lactose to it at bottling time.

Make sure you put a blow off tube in place of the air lock on the fermenter. I learned the hard way on this one.

This shyt is just flat out GOOD! I have had 3 people try it, and 3 people ask if I can make them a batch of it, and they will pay for it. I am trying to savor this as long as I can but its fastly running the F out. Got to get another batch going tomorrow, and screw those who asked for it this...

Cool, thanks Orfy, and Rich. Is the 3068 known for such active fementations? It was a real active starter so I should of known this was coming, from now on I think I will use blow off tubes in 1/4 gal of water to be safe.

Well, I have read about it, but this was a first to me. The fermentation has been so active in my Hefe that it blew the lid right off the fermenter. It was off for about an hour before I realized what I heard was the lid blowing off. Will the air that contacted it ruin it, or should I be ok? I...

Damn It! I missed my target OG by .004! I actually think that my scale that weighs my DME, and grains is a POS! I am going to get a better digital one this week.

Do have 1 question on this. Should I just keep this in the primary until finished fermenting and bottle it? Or should I keep it there a minimum of 2 weeks? I know I dont want to rack this into a secondary, but should it just sit until its done fermenting or longer?

Going to brew a Hefe tomorrow afternoon. Here is what I have on hand. Mind you I woould of definatley bought all Belgian grains if I had bought stuff just to do this, but I am doing it with grains that I had left from other beers. 2.5lbs Am 2-Row 1.5lbs Am Wheat 1 lb Light DME 2.5lbs Wheat...

Mash temps were 148* I sparged at 170. I wrote sparged instead of mashed in my earlier post. All calculators gave me a FG of 1.014 that was minus the lactose. So I might not be that far off. I forgot when looking at the projected FG that I had to add the #s for the lactose. Not quite sure what...

I brewed a brown ale a few weeks ago. It has been in the secondary 8 days. No more activity from it at all. Its very clear, in other words its defintaley done. However the FG seems a little high. The OG was 1.052 and the FG is only 1.020. Recipe was 4 LBS Light DME 3lbs Two Row .5...

How about doing 5 lb mini mashes, in a 2 gal cooler? Should I stir anymore then the initial mash in? I have done 2 and my best effciency has been 68% not stiring at all except initially. Would stirring make it better?