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+2.5 gallons of British Golden Ale = 5382 gallons

EdWort's hefeweizen recipe

I'm currently reading "How to brew" by John Palmer and he said, generally, a pack offer 100 billion cells and is fine to ferment a 5 gal. batch at 1.040 gravity. If you make a 1L starter, you can double this number which I think should be more than enough for your beer (I suppose you are brewing...

Thanks for the info bwible! I'm mostly doing small batch (10L) and the keg will be a 19L. So I think there is plenty of head space. Still, I will double check the yeast before in case people are reporting for immense krausen :p

Hi NSMikeD, Unfortunately, living in a small apartment means I can't have a dedicated fermentation chamber (like an additional fridge or freezer). I use part of a small locker room which stay at 18 - 21 C (65 - 70 F) nearly all year long. I mostly only have the place for the fermenter and a...

I know, I'm kind of following the same path I guess 🤣

I'm mostly a beginner and that's what I'm currently doing with my bucket (fermenter bucket => auto-siphon => bottling bucket => bottle). :) I see this solution (fermenting in a keg) has killing 2 birds with one stone: I ferment in a stainless steel container and I get a keg to play in the future...

Noted! Use the "in" :) I'm kind of drinking alone and try to restrict myself to a couple of beer the weekend. That's why I'm only doing 2.5 gallons batch. Using a 5 gallons keg leaves quite a lot of space. Is it possible to get a krausen bigger than 2 gallons ?

OK, my plan is to try something like that: Thanks VikeMan, have a nice day!

If I'm not wrong, there is an "out" on a keg. Would using the "out" with a connector / hose in a mason jar filled with water/starsan also be fine ? No other modification to do ? Sound too easy... :D If it makes any different, the keg I had in mind is a "Cornelius keg / ball lock / 5 Gallons"

Hi everyone! I'm currently fermenting my batch in a plastic bucket. It's cheap and I know food grade plastic is technically fine but for me using stainless sound like a far better idea. My local brew shop sells SS brewtech which look fine but, damn, these are not cheap! Browsing their web...

Thanks rsquared. I changed my recipe to use: 4g - Chinook @ 60 mins 5g - EKG @ 30 mins 5g - EKG @ 15 mins 5g - EKG @ 0 mins. Which gets me 25 IBU. I checked my local brew shop and they have some pack of Wyeast 1318 london ale and WLP007. I don't have a lot of experience with liquid yeast...

My initial intention was to brew a low ABV, fresh / drinkable, not too bitter but having some aroma beer. :) From what I can read in brewfather, a British Golden Ale would fit nicely. But, I start brewing in July and crushed grains and hops are accumulating in my freezer. So I decide to use...

I did it 3 weeks ago and open one beer today. Mine is banana all the way, light golden color like pineapple juice, super tick body. I like it! It need more CO2 but time will solve that :) Thanks Ed!

+ 2.5 gallon of Hefeweizen = 5109.5

Sorry for the late response. Was on vacation :D I used a mason jar and it looks perfectly fine. Thanks everyone!

Hey everyone, For the first time, I decide to brew 10L instead of my traditional 4L. I also decide to use liquid yeast for the first time and got some white lab WLP300 (It's an hefeweizen: Weissbier - Bee Cave Brewery Bavarian Hefeweizen). Because liquid yeast cost more here and pitching the...

You are obviously free to do anything you want but I would advise brewing a couple of beer first, then buy more stuff (keg, keezer, etc). Sure, cool equipment is always fun :yes:, but you can brew perfectly fine beer with a kettle, a bag (BIAB), a bucket as fermenter and bottles. The more...

Will it be your first brew ? Ideally, you want to keep beer at a constant temperature and from what I can see most people build a "keezer" to store and cool their keg. It's also depend on the style of beer you are brewing; lager needs colder temperature, IPA would benefit from it, Imperial...

I personally wait 2 week before bottling. I take a gravity sample at the same time. Fermentation could technically complete earlier (some complete after just a couple of days) but I prefer waiting 2 week, be sure and reduce oxygen exposition.