Hey gents,
Made my first home brew. I used a hefferweizen malt extract. The instruction indicated 2 week to ferment ( I did 14 days as was away for the week until bottle day) 2 weeks in bottle (I did 6 days) once sugar solution added to carbonate the beer. I bottled on the Friday and next week I put 1 bottle in the fridge to chill for 2 hours and cracked one open ( after first few sips I put 2 more bottles in the fridge).
I am a keen and regular beer drinker and in all honesty I would say it’s 80-85% carbonated. So 6 days in the bottle for a hefferweizen under all the correct brewing procedures(mind you I used an ice bath as am only investing in a immersion wort chiller tomorrow) and the beer is delicious. “Green” some people call it, but I hear hefferweizens are quick to carbonate. Did my OG and FG. ABV is 4.78% and supposed to be 5.00% as my boil kettle was only using 10000btu burner so did not evaporate enough water.
Anyways my two pence. After 6 days conclusion is to crack open your Hefferweizen.
I live in Vancouver, Canada and temperatures have been 20-28degrees celcius “Who uses Fahrenheit anyways. Oh wait. The states”. But bottling temperature was 65F or 18 degrees Celsius.