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I learned that boiling temp for my altitude is 203, my therm is almost spot on. As for fermentaion, I don't use temp control and my basement is about 70 in the winter and a little warmer in the summer, it stays pretty consistant. I areate by dumping my wort through a strainer into my fermenter...

Thanks I'll take all of you info and apply it. I just calibrated my thermometers and found some interesting results. My first one, a dial therm read 200f with boiling water, and my digital one read 203.5f?! I live in Colorado, but I'm not at a very high elevation. I was told that boiling water...

Hello all, I have been home brewing with pretty good success of a few years ow until recently. My last 8-10 batches have all been partial mash, here is the issue... I constantly have high final gravities, it's a good day if I can get a batch to reach 1.016 before bottling. However, I have done...

Your point onthe issue of competing flavors is well taken. I agree that it could be too much, and this is my first wheat beer, not to mention a beer with fruit! I am going to keep it simple and I will let you know how it turns out, I wont be starting it until late this month, or early April...

DoctorRobert, I really am not set in stone on the lemon zest, it just seemed like it would give a little citrusy undertone, but I am debating using hops with those characteristics instead, thoughts on this? And I think your idea of a little sweetness to balance out the cherry is a good one...

Thanks for the response, I have a few batches under my belt but still have some "newbie nerves" when it comes to formulating recipes. Cheers!

Any comments or critique on my summer wheat recepie would be helpful and much appreciated! 8lbs Wheat Liquid malt extract (60% German White Wheat and 40% German Moravian two-row barley) .5 lbs carapils .25 lbs honey malt 1 oz Hallertauer hops 3lbs fresh cherries Zest of 1 small lemon...

Sorry for the late thank you but thanks everyone! My newbie brewing mind has been throwing around this wheat beer idea and this is my new recipe, any comments/advice would be greatly appreciated. 8lbs Wheat Liquid malt extract (60% German White Wheat and 40% German Moravian two-row barley)...

I have a batch of this going, I added around 1.25 lbs of sugar and my OG was around 1.134! My potential alcohol was 17%, so it has been going for about 7 days now and I took a reading and it was down to 1.032 and gave me around 12%. So I racked to my secondary and added Potassium Metabisulfate...

Thanks everyones comments have been very helpful. Im basically shooting for a sam adams summer ale clone. I really want a nice golden haze to the beer, does anyone think the 3.3 lbs pilsen LME will affect this? I have seen wheat beers that look like a budwieser, not what I am going for. So I...

Hey everyone, I am planning on doing a wheat beer for my next batch. This is my first wheat and I have a couple of questions, here is my idea for the recipe. 6 lb. Wheat Liquid Malt Extract 3.3 lb. Pilsen Liquid Malt Extract 8 oz. Carapils specialty gains 1 oz. Saaz hops (60 min) 1 oz...

Thanks Yooper! I dont know if you remember, but you helped me out with an IPA I made as well. I wanted to let you know that I followed your advice and it turned out to be the best beer I have made yet!

I have a yeast question, I am going to give this a shot tomorrow and was wondering if half a pack of montrechet yeast would be enough for a gallon of wine? sorry if this question has already been asked. Thanks!

Thanks for all of your help. Here it is... 5lbs Light liquid malt exract 3.3lbs amber malt extract 2oz magnum hops (supply store tag says AA% is 17) 1oz cacade hops *I was debating adding some lemon zest, any thoughts on this? I was going to make a "mini mash" on the stove with grains...

First off I would like to say thanks to any person who has posted, I have used this website as a valuble tool in my rookie homebrewing experiance. But here is my question... I have a few batches under my belt and I am getting ready to start a batch that I made up... I am making an IPA and am...