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What was your pitch rate? Mine ended up fermenting around 73 and may have hit 74 for the first two days then dropped down to 68 and hit fg at 72 hours so I bottled after 7 days. I had a slight sulfur smell around day 3 but it quickly went away and I ended up with a lot of banana which is what I...

Great looking hefe!!! I just pitched 24 hours ago with a 1.5L starter, was a little low at 1.050 OG, and I am disappointed I havent got the crazy fermentation everyone talks about. At 12 hours it was bubbling very quickly and it now has slowed a little and is just quietly bubbling away. My...

I was going to throw them out because I thought they would be stale, but I tasted em and they were good but I'm not an expert, but that's why I decided why not wing it. I appreciate the ideas but I've been drinking porters and stouts all winter and really wanted something lighter and bbq...

Having almost exact opposite grains and not be able to use the kolsch yeast, it'll prolly end up more like the hefeweizen. I'm really looking at this opportunity as a way to go off the deep end and see what happens. I'm just still too new to brewing to really know what works well and make up my...

Ok so really not leftover, but I have 6# pale wheat and 5# german pilsner from a hefe I didn't brew. The grain was crushed about four months ago and ended up not being able to brew at that time. I am about to brew a hefe using edwort's recipe using fresh grains and wheat, but now I still have...

I appreciate the help and will just be patient and let it sit for another week. The bottle bombs were the only thing I was worried about if it was stuck. I have been reading "how to brew" since and will rely on that and info here for my next brew, the hardest part is trying to decide what to...

Yeah thats why I assumed my OG was wrong and wasnt concerned as long as I hit the 1.010 target FG which I havent. 12 oz. Caramel 40L, 2 oz. Special B, 2 oz. Roasted Barley was used. I definitely steeped the grains longer than the required time due to the delay in getting it up to 155 and then...

Yeah the instructions mentioned something like 3-6 days and switch to secondary if fermentation is done by checking gravity, but I intended to leave it in primary for two weeks then bottle so thats why i checked, and curiosity to see the beer. Yeah thats what I thought at first, but reading...

Its been in for over four days now total. It was actively fermenting for the first 36 hours, after that is when I took two readings over two days to see if would drop because I know not to rely on the airlock

Been lurking and learning and finally brewed my first batch, an Irish Red ale - unhopped extract with specialty grains from midwest. Everything went ok except I could only get a partial boil (will be investing in propane burner) The only thing I may have skimped on was aeration due to getting...