I am making my first beer and it is a Hefe. I have read everywhere that wheat beers are so violent and a blow off is required, so that is what I did. My brew has been fermenting for 5 days now and the krausen has only gotten to be about 2 to 3 inches high and is now dying down. During this time it never blew off, it never went above 3 inches. I am using a 6 gallon carboy with 5 gallons of wart inside.
I did not make a starter and I am wondering if that is why? Has anyone experienced this? Should I expect it to be longer in bottling before it finishes?
I am also fermenting at 68 to 70 degrees, and the wart is around 70 to 72 in the carboy. My recipe was simple:
7 lbs of Muntons Wheat Malt (syrup)
1+ oz Hallertauer Hops for bittering (4 HBU)
1/4 oz Hallertauer Hops for finishing
White Labs Hefeweizen IV Ale Yeast
Let me know if you have any input. I have alreay learned a lot and I want to do things right in the future. I am going to make a starter on my next batch, but I just want to know if anyone has input on this one. I can only find posts of people who have wheat beers going crazy, not any with a slow fermentation.
Here is a thread I found, but there results are completly different.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/2nd-brew-batch-simple-hefe-recipe-114900/
I did not make a starter and I am wondering if that is why? Has anyone experienced this? Should I expect it to be longer in bottling before it finishes?
I am also fermenting at 68 to 70 degrees, and the wart is around 70 to 72 in the carboy. My recipe was simple:
7 lbs of Muntons Wheat Malt (syrup)
1+ oz Hallertauer Hops for bittering (4 HBU)
1/4 oz Hallertauer Hops for finishing
White Labs Hefeweizen IV Ale Yeast
Let me know if you have any input. I have alreay learned a lot and I want to do things right in the future. I am going to make a starter on my next batch, but I just want to know if anyone has input on this one. I can only find posts of people who have wheat beers going crazy, not any with a slow fermentation.
Here is a thread I found, but there results are completly different.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/2nd-brew-batch-simple-hefe-recipe-114900/