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Thanks for the responses. I've brewed it ~ a dozen times, as it is a favorite of mine, and is quite popular with family & friends. And I didn't pull out any home brew until after mashing, so I can't blame that for screwing up grain bill.

I had a brain fart and omitted the Crystal 10. Everything else went great. FG 1.051. What might I expect when this gets to drinking time?

I am making a 1.5 L starter for WLP 300 using wheat DME. I boiled water/DME/yeast nutrient for 20 min, cooled to 70 degrees and put in cleaned/sanitized magnetic and pitched one vial of yeast (best by October 7, 2015). After 16 hourson the stir plate, there are dark brown flecks circulating...

You can use two paint strainer bags, splitting the grain bill between them, and clip them to the side of the pot. It is a bit of a pain to open them mid-mash to stir, but it works. Makes it easier to hoist the bags, since grain bill is split. I did that for awhile, but went the Wilserbag route...

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If you smack it and get it to pitching temp, you will be fine, if you planned to pitch without making a starter.When the pack swells, all that does is confirm there are viable yeast in the pack.

If you use the Wyeast 3068, use a blow-off tube, and make sure you have adequate headspace in the fermenter, o/w it can get messy!

I have had bottles turn into gushers after 8-10 weeks or more in the bottle. They are fine for the first month or two, with no off flavors or foaming, then when I grab a bottle to see what an extra month or two of bottle conditioning will do to it I end up with almost all gushers. (beer stored...

You have a nice LHBS (Taylors) that is pretty well stocked. Brew on!:rockin:

Nice touch with the Ultra in the background:mug:

Zip ties work, too.

This batch will be my first foray into the world of kegging, so having the gallon to bottle allows me to take some back for a hunting trip this fall. A silver lining to the fire drill this afternoon.

I brewed a Hefeweissen today, and overshot my final volume, so after pitching my starter (Wyeast 3068), I had over 6 gallons in my Big Mouth Bubbler. My prior experiences with this yeast (~12 batches) yielded very vigorous fermentation with significant krausen up the blow off tube. Anticipating...

Mea culpa.

Depending on how old the pack is & the O.G. of your beer, you could be severely underpitching. A starter would fix that, but you are on a pretty tight timeline.If you decide to go ahead without a starter, I would definitely smack the pack. If it doesn't swell, the results could be...

So you use it without a bag?

In Munich, try the Weissbier/Weisswurst combo at Weisses Brauhaus. The Schneider Weiss on tap is the bomb, or the Spatenhaus, where the house beer is excellent, as is the food.

Brew on. While it isn't as aesthetically nice as a bright white bucket, no harm will befall your beer.:rockin:

I use Penzey's & add to bottling bucket. I usually bottle 1/2 the bucket, then add extract so I can contrast the difference. So far have used for porter and cream ale with good results. (When you soak vanilla beans in vodka you end up with ......vanilla extract!):mug:

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