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Good to know, I am researching on what I know so far, this hefeweizen was a NB kit with wyeast# 3068 fermentation temp is about 65-66° so if that helps, any other ideas for flavor changes is a great help ad well :)

Also I am looking for things that would make a noticeable difference to the flavor that are easily obtained with my little experience ;)

Sorry for being vague (to me its not because I'm new to this) for instance- the hefeweizen I just did I taste too much banana flavor, maybe not aged long enough? (5 weeks or so from start) But I don't care for that in particular, should I try the recipe with a different yeast strain or look for...

I am new to brewing and still on extract recipes (mostly from NB, first 2 kits were BB) so far have bottled 3 of the 6 kits I have. So my question is this, is yeast the best or first way to start "tweaking" some of these recipes to my preferences? I feel I am starting to get close to where I...

I got the smell out of mine with ammonia, now I cant get the ammonia smell out :P I only use them for star san etc and soaking bottles now anyway so it doesn't matter much to me ;)

I would probably wait too ;) and LOL I'm actually friends with the owner of TC, he's a hoot of a character, great guy tho!

Ok, I just need a brag post! Hubby finally got my wort chiller done, and alls I can say is "I can't believe I did 3 batches without this thing!" It saved me from a miserable hour of an ice mess ;) I'm loving brewing so far and am on a role! Starting another batch as soon as my NB order gets here...

These are great!!

Jelly is a great product to use with meat! I use apple jelly to marinade chicken, works awesome!! grill and top with pineapple and make chicken sandwiches :)

LOVE THIS IDEA!! I immediately envisioned my wine aerator and thought "duh! Why didnt I think of that?t!" Thanks!

Ok so last night I whipped up my 3rd batch which happened to be a hefeweizen. I haven't invested in any CO2 or O2 setups but decided to pull out my electric mixer and give that a shot, I am using a pale bucket and it sounded better than trying to slosh it around with a lid that has a hole in it...

Thanks for the great info on the last 2 posts :) gives me a great direction to go in!

So the aeration also speeds up the initial fermentation process as well? Can anyone say whether or not this adds or reduces time in fermentation or is it just a "more productive" fermentation? All great info so far! And @squirrelly - are you saying that inducing O2 into the wort helps...

Good to know, I am definately sterilizing equipment, but not even close to replicating batches at this point. I sure hope experience and knowledge will get me there though, I am a quick learner thankfully, but still on kits and just learning the basics mostly....

I would love to hear how this turns out, I've heard of a lot of things in BBQ recipes but thats a new one. I've also canned pickles, that being said, that sounds like tons a vinegar and very little sugar, if it tastes sour I would sweeten it with some brown sugar and even a little worcester...

Thank you!! This helps me understand it a little better, this wasn't part of my first 2 kits but you learn as you go right!

Ok, so I am going to be doing my 3rd extract kit (hopefully in the next week as soon as my Weizenbier is ready to go in the 2nd) --- My first 2 kits were Brewers Best since that was all I could get locally same day, but I picked up my first kit from Northern Brewer (A Bavarian Hefeweizen) with...

Sorry should have added something helpful ;) I bought my first 2 kits from Nitro Brewery in St Cloud and equipment etc from Bakers hobby, both great to get started. I made my first drive yesterday to Minneapolis to go to Northern Brewer and will likely go back to check out Midwest as well

I'm a noob from MN as well :) welcome from just north of St Cloud :)

Thanks! I am already addicted too LOL -- thankfully my brewing buddy lives in Big Lake so getting to Midwest and Northern is a short carpool away :) otherwise I will be taking advantage of the combined shipping. St Cloud only has Brewers Best kits available...