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I thought had read somewhere when I first joined this site about racking from under krauzen, but I couldn't remember what it said. But I knew it would make beer and that's all that matters! Tomorrow will be 1 week in bottles, will test one in two more weeks! Thanks for the replies!

So a few weeks ago, I brewed up the Honey Weizen from NB. I fermented it @ 65F for two weeks. When I went to rack it to the secondary, and there was still a thin layer of krauzen. My gravity readings were stable (2 readings at 1.014 over 3 days with an OG of 1.050). I figured this would be ok...

Is there a way to make it work?

So I might get the go ahead to buy a fridge/freezer to ferment in and put the keg in when done fermenting. The only stipulation is that it has to have the freezer on top. Not knowing a whole lot about fridges/freezers other than it holds food and delicious beers, if I do use it for fermenting...

I am by no means an expert yet, I'm still relatively new, but your beer should be just fine. No airlock activity doesn't necessarily mean its done fermenting. Let it go for two weeks and take hydrometer readings. When those hydrometer readings are stable, then it's done. RDWHAHB!

Thanks for the info. I do not want to wait longer than I have to, I'm all out of homebrew! Need to get a pipeline going.

I was actually thinking of racking to a secondary and put some more honey into the secondary, just to see how it turns out.

It's the kit from Northern Brewer.

What are some of the ways around the electronics?

Is it necessary to control the temp in a secondary? I brewed a honey weizen from extract and kept it about 65F throughout primary fermentation for two weeks. Just wondering if I could let it be in the secondary at 70F-75F for two weeks?

Thanks for all the replies. I will look into building one, not too familiar with electronics or wiring, but I think I could manage.

Do you really need a stir plate to make a starter?

Thanks for the replies guys!

I brewed a honey weizen extract kit on Sunday and pitched the yeast about 5pm. Fermentation started in about 24 hours and it started to get warmer here so I figured I needed to put some water in the tub I have my fermenter in ( I did this just in case it started to warm up here in the NW ) I got...

While your fly sparging, do you continuously sparge until you have your pre boil volume even if you still have mash/water(i dont know if its considered wort at this point)in the mash tun or do you want to get all of the water in the mash tun out at your pre boil volume?

The recipe calls for 1oz of Tettnang for 60min. Should I add the hops later in the boil so I don't get too much bitterness since I'm doing a full boil? The recipe also calls for 1lb honey. If I wanted to add more honey aroma, should I had another pound in a secondary? Thanks for all your replies!

I am planning on brewing up the Honey Weizen kit from NB this weekend. I just got my 7.5gal brew pot and burner as well and I wanted to do a full volume boil. Is there any benefit in boiling full volume for an extract kit? Should I boil the LME the whole hour or pour the LME for the last 15 mins...

I am planning on getting a 6gal Better Bottle. I would like to use a blow off assembly for this, it would just make me feel better. I was looking at the drilled stopper with a lip, part number 40490 on northernbrewer.com, and was wondering what size tubing would fit that? Or does someone have a...

What stage did you add the blueberry?

I am planning on doing the Honey Weizen extract kit from Northern Brewer. I read a lot of the reviews on it and a lot of people add more honey. I assume that all of the honey flavor gets fermented out, but does it give more honey/flora aroma? I do like honey wheat beers and I wouldn't mind...