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i'm quit 2 years. It was brutal at first. Really had to re-learn drinking. Try reading Quit Smoking Online dot com. I did the chantix which helped but I just read the 7 pages/ lessons on the Quit Smoking Online course. It's a totally different way at looking at the habit. I would have folded the...

Yooper - Wow! Thanks. That makes a lot of sense. Yes, the Hefe yeast is 3068. I think you are correct. I probably had a hot fermentation of the Belgian as it was extremely violent. It blew the top off the bucket every 6 hrs for two days. Now, I want to brew another to see if I can break...

Austin - Yep. I agree. I don't think they should be quite so similar either. I'm pretty sure the problem lies with my methods. Oh well. Now I have to figure out a way to keep my fermentation temps down. Regards, Rich

Yooper - I think it is esters. That's the taste, banana-ish, apple-ish. Do you know of a good thread that explains how to fix this? Thanks, Rich

Thanks, now I need to find out fusels and esters to see it that's what I taste.

Brew and Yooper - Thanks. I'm not exactly sure of the Belgian. The recipes are posted below. 1) Belgian = roughly the same amount of steeping grains, don't know the types xlbs of light malt extract - If I remember correctly, it was one 1/2 gallon milk container. Trappist Wyeast...

I just tasted my 3rd batch. It's the Austin Homebrew Bavarian Hefeweizen Extract kit. It tastes extremely similar to the previous batch, which was a Midwest Supplies, Belgian Nobel Trappist Ale extract kit. I'm really bummed. Not that it tastes bad, but I should be able to distinguish between...