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Finally I've got a homemade stir plate, it works perfect with my 2 liter starter flask (after loosing my first 15 gallon batch...). My starter with wyeast weihenstephan 3068 got very active within 24 hours and I pitched it yesterday in my 10 gallon batch. The German wheat beer should be ready...

Revvy - You’re right, now I got some fermentation, and the gravity went down to 1.042. With liquid yeast, I may have to wait a bit longer, like you say – up to 72 hours before visible signs of fermentation show up. In the good old days, it was dry yeast and just a 5-gallon batch… My next...

Dear Revvy, Thank you for your speedy response! YES, I need to learn a lot more. Many things have changed in the past years; I did not brew anything for the last 8 years. Yesterday, I’ve spent hours to read about starters and yeast pitching rate calculator. It’s a different story if you work...

This is my first 15-gallon batch in my new conical plastic fermenter. I use to make 5-gallon batches in my carboy and had no problems with the yeast and fermenting. It should be a light wheat beer, starting with 1.049 OG, pitching with 3068 Weihenstephan Wheat Yeast. I’ve added one pouch on...