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Hellaweizen - All Grain

Welcome to the forums, I'm sure you'll find all the info you need around here. Of course, I think the first tip any of us might recommend is grabbing a copy of Papazian's "Complete Joy of Homebrewing" Once again, welcome and Prost!

So do I understand correctly that you're moving liquid lines between kegs with gas on them? If so you either need to replace the poppets or go ahead and keep a tool handy for the occasion. I actually have a little pick that I use for disassembling my posts when doing maintenance and works...

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my LHBS got in a Grain Father. It's a great system and comes in at $890 according to the website. Complete all in one system, with pump and counterflow chiller. I'm seriously considering getting rid of all the various kettles I've built for one of these guys.

Then you will have potentially over pitched. Like others have said: Give the carboy a gentle swirl, let the temp rise a few degrees, and you'll probably see something soon.

Yea, nothin there. For reference any purposefully infected beer I've seen has always had a pellicle that almost looks like a bubble gum bubble that's about ready to pop.

Oh, I was thinking this was a $20 total purchase. Cleaning recommendation removed, and refund advised hahah.

Have you tried cleaning it with a little vinegar and salt? It just looks a little dirty/tarnished to me.

Check your grain crush, also for mashing in I add hot water and my grain at the same time, with an assistant controlling the water hose and stirring vigorously. A full 25 degree tempt drop is really strange though. Normally between transfer time I get a drop of about 12 degrees. Otherwise I mash...

A good Hefe should be cloudy, at least in my opinion. And yea, should be good to drink after a force carb. Take some taste notes on first taste and again in a few weeks. Should help you get a feel for maturing beers.

Awesome! I ordered a new kettle to replace my bare bones keggle this week. They snuck some "spy pics" into my order confirmation of this beauty. Unfortunately I'm in the process of buying a house, and fiance says that's enough toys for now.

I only secondary for flavor additions, otherwise I primary for 2-3 weeks, then transfer to a keg. Another week under carbing pressure and chilled I pour out a glass. That removes anything I may have picked up in the siphon. Let it sit another week to get properly carbonated and enjoy.

Only thing I dumped was a peanut butter porter I forgot in its fermenter for ohh... 6 months. It was... well it was special. Luckily it was one of my 1 gallon experiments, so not much lost.

Welcome aboard from another Fl native. I'd recommend getting away from the Mr. Beer kits as they are only so-so. If you're set on doing 1 gal batches, Brooklyn Brewshop sells All Grain recipe kits that were a pretty tasty intro to beer brewing for me.

I used ghirardelli cocoa powder as a sub in a recipe that I had brewed previously. A little messier to use, but I'm not sure I could detect a difference between the two taste wise. Mess wise it was a little harder to clean out, but not much after I soaked my carboy with Oxyclean. Still have some...

Count me in on the bonus. As an aside, any chance you'll sell pin locks as well?

Jeeeez. Didn't realize partial extract was so expensive. Ingredients on my MOST expensive beer hits $40, and that's all grain, vanilla beans, cocounut, and a few other things. My standard wheat is like $22 (including wyeast slap pack)

A lot of people use those things. Check my sig for downloads for a DIY plastic conical. I didn't produce the instructions, I only host them for @TrickyDick

I'm a WoB Loyalty Member as well. Got up to 250 unique beers consumed before the place got a little too crowded for my tastes. That said they carry an amazing selection as they are exclusively a beer bar, and are constantly having awesome events. Last night my local WoB had a Terrapin take...