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Yes, i'll be useing the white labs german hefeweizen yeast.

i didn't know that. it's just the hops that came with the kit.

This is a recipe for a simple hefeweizen. if someone could put this into one of their calculators I would greatly appreciate it. Thank You. 6lbs bavarian dried wheat malt extract (60% wheat, 40% barley) .5oz northern brewer hops 6.8

ok thank you

it was an extract kit that i purchased from beer beer and more beer in riverside CA. it didn't have any lme in the kit because it was powder form. and like i said the beer tastes fantastic but i'm just not sure why it's darker than it's supposed to be. the guys at beer beer and more beer had no...

I just opened my first bottle of german hefeweizen and i'm a little confused because the info sheet said the beer should be a blonde color, but my brew seems to be a redish blonde. the beer tastes great and everything else seems to be good. what would cause the coloration to be like this?? any...

My wife just tasted my first batch of home brew the other day and she said "it tastes like beer" SUCCESS!! thats pretty much all i expected her to say considering that she doesn't even like beer.

i just brewed an irish red ale last night and i wanted to know what to expect when it comes to fermentation. my last (and first) batch was a hefeweizen and i know that the fermentation was very intense for the first couple days. should i expect the same with the irish red?? right now the foam...

especially with a hefe. the yeast will usually take off no longer than 12 hours. and when it does, stand back and watch that air lock cause a hefe will usually have a very intense fermentation for the first 1-2 days. all without a starter.

in my humble opinion, The only reason you should use a secondary is if your'e going to dry hop, or if your'e brewing a clear type beer like a lager. and i would never throw a hefeweizen in secondary because you don't want it to clear up. keep it cloudy

so how do i keep it from being siphoned through when i put it into secondary? or do i just wait till it all drops, cause i was planning on going straight from primary to bottling for my secondary.

I am a total newcomer to homebrewing and i am not too familiar how everything works, so here is my question. I made a german hefeweizen a week ago and i was planning on leaving it in the primary for another week then bottle it for my secondary, i am using a bucket for my primary and when i shown...