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I have a batch of Copper Ale that was brewed on 10/20 so it's been in the primary for just over 4 weeks. I also have a batch of Hefe that was brewed 11/7 so it's coming up on 2 weeks in the primary. I've heard that Hefe usually tastes better when its younger so I'm wondering which batch I...

Is the end of boil the same thing as at flame out?

I just bottled mine yesterday, can't wait to give these a taste. Any recommendation on how long to wait before cracking one open?

Just ordered the Hank's Hefe recipe kit from Midwest! Pretty excited about it, love Hefes. Anyone else tried this one?? First time doing a wheat beer + first time doing the wyeast activator pack. Any advice?:ban:

Good discussion here, thanks for the info guys~

I've just racked my NB Caribou Slobber Ale into a secondary and was just wondering if you guys tend to use different temperatures for secondary fermentation. Primary temp was @ ~65F I'm going to brew a batch of Midwest Copper Ale tonight and would like to store both in the same room. Is...

Good to know, thanks for the advice guys. I'm clearly just being a nervous nancy over my first batch. Fermentation temp was about ~65F. This was as about as cold as I could get it (should it be colder?). I'll be ordering a hydrometer ASAP.

First off - Unfortunately, I do not have a hydrometer. I brewed my first batch about ~4 days ago. It was a Caribou Slobber extract kit with Danstar Windsor Ale Yest. The first 2.5 days there was A LOT of blowoff which I think I handled OK for my first time.. actually scared the **** out of...

Thanks guys. Just checked up on it and it looks like it settled down a bit. No more foam coming through the blowoff. Think its safe to put the airlock back on? There's also a bunch of solid crud stuck to the top of the carboy, this normal?

5 gallon brew Box said 6 gallon carboy but I'm not sold. It fills nearly all of the cyndrical portion of the carboy. Should I siphon some beer out?

Just finished my first brew last night, but it into my plastic carboy and topped with the airlock @ about 7:30pm. I woke up @ about 6am this morning hearing a loud 'thump'. The pressure in the carboy blew off the airlock and a lot of foam was overflowing. I quickly sanitized my overflow tub and...