Evan!
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Had all my grains pre-measured in the tuns. Had all the water and the newly-refilled propane tanks and turkey fryers out on the patio. Had a couple 2-liter mega-starters ready to roll. Woke up at 4:45 on Saturday morning. Doughed-in for both batches by 5:10. Had coffee coursing through my veins by 5:15. Cleaned up and aerating by 11:00. Hell yes.
Both are, as you can see, happily fermenting away. The Steffiweizen is a PM hefeweizen(2/3 grain, 1/3 LME), the Wit is AG. I exceeded my expected efficiency on both batches, by alot. As you can see, the OG is a little high for those styles, but so be it. Steffi somehow had 86% efficiency? I thought the hydro was off, but I calibrated it, and it's fine. Wit had 76%, which is still damn good. I was figuring on about 70%.
So, anyway, quick question about these brews: I've heard you can just bottle wheat beers straight outta primary. I've always secondary'd them, but I was thinking...damn, I need some hefe/wit soon. So, how long would you give them? I know, obviously, wait till there's no change in SG for a few days, but regardless of that...just to be safe, what do you think?
Both are, as you can see, happily fermenting away. The Steffiweizen is a PM hefeweizen(2/3 grain, 1/3 LME), the Wit is AG. I exceeded my expected efficiency on both batches, by alot. As you can see, the OG is a little high for those styles, but so be it. Steffi somehow had 86% efficiency? I thought the hydro was off, but I calibrated it, and it's fine. Wit had 76%, which is still damn good. I was figuring on about 70%.
So, anyway, quick question about these brews: I've heard you can just bottle wheat beers straight outta primary. I've always secondary'd them, but I was thinking...damn, I need some hefe/wit soon. So, how long would you give them? I know, obviously, wait till there's no change in SG for a few days, but regardless of that...just to be safe, what do you think?