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I guess we will have to agree to disagree. It is disappointing to see that a vendor's close affiliation with this site (which I realize and respect) has clouded so many's judgement of what was truly a customer service debacle. Perhaps after issuing your several hundred dollar payment instantly...

I am familiar with the shipping policy, thanks. Are you disputing the fact that taking 2 weeks to ship an order is unacceptable?

Clearly both of you fail to see the point. To take almost two weeks to ship an order when your own web site says that DELIVERY should be within 1-5 days is flat out unacceptable. Perhaps I could have been a little more understanding had I received an email saying "Hey, XYZ is going on. Sorry...

The lack of resources to handle the volume is AHS's problem, not ours. It took just shy of two weeks for my order to even ship. I'm not normally one to piss and moan about this type of stuff, but this experience was totally unacceptable. Fortunately, there are plenty of other online HBS...

Hey all, I've had my Hefe fermenting in the primary for a week now and I would like to add lemon zest to it. I do not plan to secondary this brew. When should I toss in the zest? It is still fermenting pretty solidly at the one week mark since it is a fairly big Hefe ( 1.065 OG). I have had the...

For my last Hefe, I added a half pound of clove honey during the boil and am soaking the zest of 3 lemons in vodka to pitch in the primary in a week or so. Whatever. Experimenting is the fun part!

Thanks for the replies, everyone. So is it safe to assume that the OG of the brew is somewhere in the range of 1.060 (recipe OG of 1.050 + ABV Boost) plus whatever the 8oz of honey added? What does everyone think is a good guesstimate?

Wort temp when I took the OG was 74 degrees.

I boiled 3 gallons and added 2. I did shake the carboy pretty significantly after I added the water, but I suppose this is still a possibility. Hmmmm.

By "sludge" I mean more like the mossy type junk that the hops turn into as a result of the boil. I definately don't think any of it was the result of undissolved LME.

So I brewed an extract kit today - a Bavarian Hefeweizen. The recipe was as follows: Cara Pils Malt 8oz German Pilsner Malt 8oz LME (Wheat) 7lbs Hallertau Hops 1oz The OG, per the recipe, was supposed to be 1.050. I did tweak the recipe slightly, choosing to add 1/2 of the LME at...

Thanks so much for your help!

I read some threads on here awhile back about people having their Hefeweizens come out darker than expected. I thought I remember a few people suggesting to only add half of the LME at the beginning of the boil and then the rest with about 15 minutes left in the boil to result in a lighter...

So I'm brewing a Hefeweizen today and have decided that I am going to add some fresh lemon zest when I rack to the secondary. That said, would there be any benefit to also adding a small amount of fresh zest to, say, the last one or two minutes of the boil and then straining it back out when...

I am assuming that the little bit of vodka diluted into a 5 gallon batch does not impart any odd flavors? I am thinking of adding some fresh lemon zest to my next Hefe. Could you give a ballpark starting amount for the batch? I was thinking the zest of 3 lemons to start and I think I will try...