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Can you post the #9 recipe?

One person sent me a link for a Christmas beer http://www.cascadiabrew.com/recipe_database.asp?RecipeID=25 Yeast infection sent me a PM saying he will send it tomorrow :P I will post it if he doesn't

Can you use 6.5 gallon carboys for secondarys?

Shameless bump No thoughts on this one?

The hefe has been in the primary for 16 days and it is still bubbling once every 5-7 seconds and still has a head on it. Is this normal? It was pretty high gravity, I put in 7 pounds of DME. I haven't been able to take any readings since I don't have a thief at the moment. Do I need to...

I wouldn't worry about the beer going bad, in fact in almost all cases it will get better. You would be hard pressed to not drink the beer before it gets worse. Some styles of beer should be drank more fresh like Hefes while other styles are best after several months in the bottle.

I am looking for a clone for Great Lakes Christmas ale. I searched the internet and couldn't really find anything. If there isn't a recipe for a clone of this I could go with a tried and true winter/christmas beer. It seems that all the recipes that I found there aren't many reviews on...

Local bar has it on tap, I thought it was pretty decent but nothing spectacular.

I had a Kolch last night and they are good, nothing like you described. Don't write them off yet.

I just made a high grav Hefe with 7 pounds of DME (equal to 8.75 pounds of LME). It is bubbling similar to yours after 8 days.

I am pretty sure you don't want to add anything to stop fermentation. If you do then when you add your priming sugar then you won't get any carbonation. It seems a pretty standard amount of priming sugar (corn sugar from your LHBS) is 3/4 cup per 5 gallon batch. Anyone please feel free to...

I brewed a Hefe using the witches brew recipe (but added a little extra DME) and added extra hops at 15 min. We used leaf hops but didn't realize that you needed a hop bag and the siphon kept getting clogged. So we had to drain the wort though a strainer (sanatized as best we could) and into...

Again this isn't really on topic for the thread but darn it... I started it so I can hijack it. So I brewed a Hefe on 8/15/07 (6 days ago now) and if you put your nose near the airlock it smells pretty darn bad. The last couple of batchs after a day or two they smelled like beer. There is...

It is so hard to wait when you first start brewing. You need to get a good supply built up so you don't keep dipping into your reserves or at least that is what we are trying to do.

I found a thread with hefe temps, too lazy to link, le cry

I guess I have one last question, what temp should I let the hefe ferment at

So I got a new question now, (thanks Even BTW for being responsive) I take a look at my carboy (this is the first time we have used a glass carboy as a primary) and it is clear that the yeast hasn't really started yet (no bubbling or anything) but there is still a 1/2 inch thick layer of stuff...

I did kinda change the recipe. I was making "the witch's brew" which calls for 4 oz. German Munich Malt 6.5# wheat malt syrup 1 oz German Hallertau (60 minutes) I changed it to 4 oz German Munich Malt (I didn't have a scale so I put in 1/4 of a 1 pound bag) 7# Wheat Dry Malt...

Actually how we aerated it was by filling up to the 5 gallon mark using the hose extension on the sink. This sprayed a butt load of bubbles into the carboy, we had to wait 20 minutes for all the bubbles to settle before we could even take a reading.

Alright, just brewed the Hefe, The recipe called for 6.5 pounds of LME. I changed it to 7 pounds DME since all the last brews have been a little weak on flavor and ABV. After brewing we took a SG reading and got 1.032 (oh noes) But we aerated the crap out of the wort. Will that affect the...