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I will be starting my first batch (a hefeweizen) in a couple hours. I prepared a yeast starter yesterday and am seeing some bubbles from it :D, no krausen, but I am hearing thats not a big deal. I was wondering if when I pitch the starter in do I want to shake it up first, or just pour it in?

I will be starting my first batch next weekend. I have a few questions.I will be making Hank's Hefeweizen form Midwest. 1. I friend told me I should toss in Irish Moss the last 15 mins. Of the boil. With a Hefeweizen don't I want some cloudiness in the beer? 2. I am using a liquid yeast...

And it doesn't seem to harm flavor

Thanks for all the responses. I actually think that once our lovely Michigan weather settles into a consistant temperature pattern my basement will hang in the mid to upper 60s, which I think will be okay.

I will soon be starting my first batch of beer (excited). My question is regarding the temperature for the room that the primary will be placed in. I don't want to use my garage because it is already pretty warm in there on nice days. Not a lot of room in my upstairs in my house (small house)...

I saw a tip from someone that when carrying your full carboy to have it in a milk crate. I have heard the handles are not for carrying the carboys when they are full.

So is it not advised to try and do this on the stove? I have also been told you can increase the ammount of water you boil and add less cold water at the end (I guess you could call it a 3/4 boil). Also as far as cooling down the wort goes has anyone ever taken a boiling bag (like you might cook...

I am going to be starting my first batch soon and have a question regarding ammount of water to use. I was given advice at my local brew supply store that the full boil was better than the partial (have read this several times also). He told me to start out with the normal 2.5 gallons for...

:mug:Just purchased Brewer's Best equipment kit #1002 (2 buckets and 5 gal glass carboy). Am now trying to decide on which kit to go with for my first batch. Any recommendations on kits. With warm weather on the way I will probably want to do some sort of Ale, possibly wheat. But not real sure...