gotcha, thanks. I'll give it another week or two and try it. Also, just wondering, does using two packages of yeast per 5 gallon batches hurt anything? The home brew shop said it's better than one?
Oh crap! I'm sorry guys, I gave you the recipe for my Odell's Easy Street Wheat clone! Ahhhh, sorry. The last recipe I listed was the one I used. Except I had to use different yeast and hops.
Unfortuantly every time I go to my local home brew shop they don't have the same yeast and hops, so this recipe is a little different. My first recipe was as follows:
8 lbs Pale Malt Extract
1 Lb Dextrine / Carafoam
1 Lb Melanoiden Malt
1.5 Lbs Caramunich I
1 pkg WY German Ale Yeast
OG 1.060...
Huh, good point. That could be. I just had a Paulaner Octoberfest yesterday and actually detected a bit of a tart flavor to it. Kinda strange. My first Octoberfest had no tart taste to it at all. Just pure delicious "fresh bread" taste. Wish I could just duplicate that again.
I pitched on 3/2/14, so a little over 3 weeks yes. My first batch was pitched on 11/10 and drank about 11/30 and it was absolutely delicious. I know longer is better, but a month seems pretty darn long to me. I'll give it another week and check on it.
4.5 lbs Briess Wheat Malt Extract
1 Lb Wheat Malt
.5 lbs Munich Malt
2 oz Crystal Malt (20 Lovibond)
1 oz Cascade Hop
2 oz Saaz Hop
2 packages Saflager W-34/70 Yeast
Primary at 50 degrees F in basement. OG was 1.060. Final Grav was 1.016
Skipped secondary and bottled 7 days later and...
Hi guys, just brewed my second Octoberfest. My first batch was delicious, my second batch has a tart finish. I'm thinking my problem may have been my incomplete straining of my hops. The gentleman at the local brew store told me that I could just perform a simple strain and then siphon off...
Hi everyone!
Just started brewing, I'm 3 batches in and love it. Only problem is I can't drink the beer fast enough to warrant another batch! Anyways, have lots of questions and I'm sure I'll find lots of answers.