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It came out at exactly 1.050 cooled post-boil, 2 gallons, considering I added the 15 oz of wheat LME. I forgot to mention that my grains are Avangard Wheat Malt and Weyermann Pislner Malt. I should have not added LME and taken measurement after-boil but I didn't want to waste my wort. Well, next...

I'm boiling the wort now.... My SG came at 1.020, it is so low it's depressing. How could it come out so low, ~ 30 points below projected. In a hurry, I added ~ 15 oz of LME. I will measure the OG after boil...what a bummer. Here's all info for my brew, if anyone wants to take a hit at what...

I had bought before a Cereal Killer mill and I unpacked it today, it has only 3 settings and I milled the Wheat Grains at 0.025. Is it too fine or it should do for BIAB? Should I mill Pilsner 2row at that setting too? NM questions above, I milled all grains @ 0.025 and mashing right now...

I'm confused about efficiency. I never had to pay attention to it, since always brewed extract, and followed the recipe. If my OG is expected to be 1.050 and it turns out at the end of mashing to be, say 1.046, how do I fix this? And to ask same question the other way around is also interesting...

Thanks for all your suggestions and help.

I'm using tap water filtrated by my house RO system. I'm not sure how I can take measurements of my water.

How long does the mash process take? Do I mash both malts together from beginning? Do I add the hops at the end (60min)?

This will be my first attempt to brew all-grain (BIAB), I've brewed a few of 5 gallon extract batches. I'm totally lost and don't know where to start. Since I couldn't find recipe online with the simple ingredients I already have for a 2.5Gal batch, I've created a basic recipe with BeerSmith...

So, the way I get it, Wyeast 3068 is a must for Hefeweizen beers. Note taken. Since I have a few more packs of US-05, what would be the best beer style to use that with? I will buy more 3068 for the rest of my Hefe batches and use that 05 on something else.

I wonder why would they offer it as an option for Hefeweizen since results are not that great. As a newbie in this, I opted for the cheaper and more stable version with dry yeast. I also have Wyeast 3068 liquid which I bought to try. My next batch will be brewed with it for sure. Thanks for all...

JayJay, projected OG and the one I had was 1.051 according to my notes. Yeast is Safale US-05, dry. VirginiaHops, I have an 5-step filtration under-the-sink house RO system. It supposedly removes chlorine and fluoride. Andre, thanks, looks like a great article. I guess it applies better for...

Thanks for the lightning fast response. I fermented at 65F. My temp control is kinda primitive, I tape the sensor of my temp control unit to the fermenter's bucket wall with duct tape. So, cannot be sure if fermentation temperature was exactly 65. I have not tried all-grain yet, still collecting...

I brewed a few extract Hefeweizen 5G batches from Midwest supplies, they all came out the identical to each other. I brewed according to instructions every time, followed grain steeping timing/temps, fermentation times/temps, bottling procedures, aging, etc. Today, I put side by side, a Trader...

Midwest supplies, Labor day sale

Thanks for all the suggestions and answers. I have another question that is unrelated to the previous ones, but still related to BIAB. Since I will do mostly Hefeweissbier and don't have the all-grain system, can I pull out some of the grains from the bag while steeping, cook them in a pan and...