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Yup, you can be drinking a hefe in about 3 weeks if you time it right and maybe even 16 days or so if you are kegging! This thread has the recipe that I've been regularly using. I found I had to tweak the hops quantity and timing (on the bittering hops) but got it perfect my 2nd time on out -...

That was a better idea than the sticky, good thinking.

I think those ideas sound like I should try them on next batch!

Glad to hear that!

Where'd you get those kettles? They're nice and not overly huge like keggles. I'd like to get a set of 3 like you have, but scared it's set me back $500-$600! If you found a reasonable source, and like the thickness & quality, please share!

Well, the one kit I bought that was expensive said to age minimum of 1-4 years in the Northern Brewer's "blurb" about the kit. I bought the special 7.5 gallon wine bucket w/lid w/o-ring seal. Basically the step by step on how to do this can be found on this guy's website, it gives you a great...

Supposedly the hefe yeasts are giving the best results if you're looking for residual sweet flavor vs. tartness. If you want it sweet like Woodchuck, I don't think you can bottle. If you're kegging, just take daily samples of the cider from the carboy. When it hits a taste that you like while...

I've also made a Vintner's Reserve kit, for a white wine, a Pinot Blanc. It came out great! The instructions say "Your kit will take between 4 and 6 weeks to produce." We put the kit together into the bucket and pitched yeast etc. on Easter day. We bottled it in early August, and it was...

First off I have to say this is a pretty cool thread! I used to think that beer was very unforgiving, no room for errors/mistakes/deviations from recipes exact instructions, along with the paranoia about infection. Now I know, beer's pretty damn forgiving! Who here brews without drinking a...

I was wondering if there was a sticky for those of us wanting to move over to AG/PM.

Agree, hefe is a standard in my kegerator. Except that I'm all out right now!

Yeah, I tasted it and it seemed floral and citrusy to me, not sure about the hops being all noble hops...

It looks good, should be nice in another few weeks -- congrats on your first beer!

I use propane, and I think I have pretty much mastered it, which is great! I never got close to mastering charcoal. The big green egg looks awesome -- the best hotdog in New England is made by a little roadside stand (mobile, he has a Honda Ridgeline and a trailer) about 3 miles from my house...

Sorry, can't make it -- but seeing that address -- it's only a short ways from where we once lived, up by 51st ave and Union Hills - brought back some memories. Moved away from there in 94, and back then if you went up to Rose Garden it was still pretty undeveloped! Hope you have a nice...

Anyone worked up or seen a clone of this Maharaja yet?

Looks nice. Assuming you mean 8.5 lb of German Pils Malt, vs. the 8.5 oz... Could one of these be done as an extract/steep, or will it taste too "extracty"? I haven't stepped up to AG yet.

Basically you're saying you've dry hopped it late, and now the keg will be the secondary and dry hop -- this will be no problem, but the aroma might take a week or two to settle into the brew.

Bobby, that blowoff tube looks WAY small for a hefe filled so high up in the carboy!

Get yoursef a big straw and start in on that brown ale -- who needs bottles or carbonation!