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The yeast I'll be using is Wyeast's YEAST STRAIN: 3056 | Bavarian Wheat Blend™ the low end of the temp range is 64 degrees F. I know the internal temp will raise with the fermentation. Do you think I could just wrap a blanket around the fermenter bucket and be good?

Just put my order in for ingredients for a spring wheat, doing my first mini/partial mash. just looked at the thermometer in the basment where i always let everything ferment and it's 60 degrees. looks like the high end for a lager and the low end for an ale. any suggestions. We have a small...

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I should add that the recipie i would be using would only be using 4 pounds of grain and then followed up with about 4 pounds of wheat dme extract.

I was looking to move up from extract to a partial mash, from what i'm finding it looks like i would need a pot that i could do 4 gallons in. My four gallon pot isn't gonna a do a boil of more than 3.5 gallons being watched like a hawk. Can i get away with it or am I in need of a 5 gallon or 6...

was also thinking that if i did that i would want to move to a different yeast, something that isn't dry. Any suggestions for a good yeast for an ipa?

was thinking about picking this up for my next brew and was wondering what anyone thought about this kit.

and yeah, i know, i need a hang on thermometer. will get one before the next boil. Thanks.

thanks to you both. Justibone, I am running into just that where the bitterness seems more than it should and the florals more subduded than i though they should be. I thought it was from an extended time but wasn't sure. and Freakshow, i wasn't sure if i should just start the time right...

So it's been a while since i brewed anything and i want to get started again but there is one thing that i need to adress that always bothered me. I've just got basic equipment for beginners and the thing that always drove me insane was that although a recipie should have only gone for say...

nevermind, did a search.

actually, i've never made a yeast starter, my local guy always just said to dump it in and let it go. I've never had a problem with it not finishing in the correct amount of time, about a week. However, after reading through some of the comments i'm willing to give it a try, it sounds like...

the few times i used the liquid yeasts i just dumped them straight in without a started and they did fine.

nope, looking back, the first kits i did a few years back had, i think, a notingham yeast, then i've used different white labs yeasts and they guys that do the smack packs, don't remember their names, also the hop nog had the safae strain, don't know the exact one.

oh, and i've never used a pre hopped can of extract, didn't know they made them, when i've done my one clone brews they've used the dry dme, the kits have usually come with a combination of canned and dry but the hop pellets are always seperate.

hang glider, i'm on that path, everything is written down, for the last brew anyway, hey the first one in a while, doing all the wine taught me to write everything down or you're not gonna have a clue what you did. Thanks for summing all the positives up. I've got high hopes for future brews...

As for the starsan i said i was using, sorry, just looked and it is Straight A, and is for cleaning. THe directions for cleaning is "Wash bottles and equipment witht he solution then rinse with hot water." There is a no rinse version of this that actually came with my first brew kit and i was...

i didn't want to say it but i was wondering if there was some type of flavor associated with extract, i made a lot of wine kits in the past 2 years and people are always complaining about a 'kit' flavor too. i didn't want to compare completely but it does sound like it. the mysterious flavor...

it's definately not the sanitizer, i've uses starzan i think, the oxygen based cleaner with everything and rinse out the sanitizer. the water here does have a little chlorine smell, but i've done brews with bottled water, water through the brita and straight from the tap, seems to me there...

A few things, i also wondered if it's a flavor i'm getting from the extract that's why the next recipie i'm doing is gonna be a minimash to see if there is a difference. As for changing up the yeast, i've used the wyats(spell?) smack packs with a couple and i did feel they made a difference...