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Wish me luck!!! I'm going to attempt my first mini-mash witha kit from MoreBeer....it is the Jim Wagners Vanilla Oatmeal Stout :drunk:

Like everyone else said...batches smaller than 5 gallons are more trouble than they are worth. You can always use 22oz. bottles...only takes 24!! I usually use the 22oz or the 16oz Grolsch bottles.

The puree was a commercial brand I purchased at the brew store, I believe it even said pasturized on the can.

It came out pretty good. I did not add any Raspberry extract to the bottles because it already had a pretty good Raspberry aroma and flavor. SWMBO loves it!!!! :D

Welcome to the club!!! I just started brewing this year and I can't believe how great the beer I make tastes. I can't make enough...all my friends drink it as fast as I can bottle it! :D Keep us posted.

Just kinda "winged" it on the recipe. Used BeerSmith software to help me. - 6lbs Wheat Liquid Extract - .75oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker Pellet Hops (60 min boil) - 3lbs Raspberry Puree added to wort last 1 min of boil - Bavarian Wheat Yeast(Wyeast #3056) Made a starter two days before. I...

Here is a picture of what fruit beer fermentation is like....without a blowoff tube I would be in REAL trouble!!! Raspberry Wheat

I made a Hefe with the White Labs and it came out great!!! I think you will be very happy.

What do you think of my label designs??? Click here ---> BlackCat Brewery Labels

I new to this as well but so far I have bottled and drank 3 batches with NO problems. I use Star-San as my sanitizer....don't like having to rinse everything. Star-San works great...just have to realize that the stuff foams and not worry about it. The foam doesn't hurt the taste of the beer...

The wife never complains about my brewing....if I dumped a bunch of dirty pots from brewing and expected her to clean them she would get pissed! Wouldn't really blame her. Anyway, she makes wine...I make the beer. All Good!! :D

No way!! If the SWMBO cleaned up after I brewed....all my equipment would be in the trash!!! LOL

I'm going to make a Raspberry Wheat and I picked up supplies at my local homebrew store. He suggested adding the 3lbs of Raspberry puree at the end of the boil. I have read many threads on this subject and it seems that everyone is adding the puree to the secondary. Do you think I should put...

That is alittle too warm. You can put the carboy/bucket in a cool place and put wet t-shirts on it and direct a fan to create cooling. You can build a chiller like this one Chiller I built a chiller like the one in the link above and I am able to keep my fermentation temps below 70F in...

I was taught to use 1/2 to 1 cup of Light DME and a "pinch" of yeast nutrient mix for all my starters.