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Thanks everyone. The one packet is for a five gallon batch so I just used 1/5 of the packet - a few teaspoons. I'm just trying to make this my go-to fruit/wheat recipe so I'll try one difference at a time with smaller batches before committing to a 5 gallon.

Haha I think I'll just add more of the honey malt and see how that goes since it's cheaper and easier. If I remember correctly I mashed at about 160 - recipe called for 155-165. I'll try going toward the higher end too.

Recipe called for 60 min boil: one packet of hops at beginning, another halfway through Do you think changing the time on the hops would help increase the sweetness?

Used Brewers Best Natural Flavoring that came with the kit Do you think I could put chunked pineapple in a secondary and still bottle after that?

So the beer IBUs are between 16-20 and it's only 4% abv For a one gallon batch I used 2oz honey malt, 1# wheat dme, willamette hops, and .8oz pineapple natural flavoring with Safbrew WB06. It tastes really good now and was going to use this as my go to fruit/wheat beer recipe but my wife...

Wife likes tropical flavors so I used a beer kit with natural pineapple flavoring that mixes with primary sugar. I wish I could keg but I'm stuck with bottles for now. L

Was for a 1 gallon recipe - now I do mostly 5 gallon batches

When I brewed I did 1# wheat and only 2 ounces of honey malt. It turned out phenomenal but the wife wants it to be sweeter. Would adding another 4-6 ounces of honey malt mess up the wort and would I need to increase the wheat too?

Used a little honey malt. Maybe I should double that amount? Would lactose taste good in a fruit flavored wheat beer?

Made my wife a great pineapple wheat beer but she mentioned it would be better if it were a tad sweeter. Does anyone have an idea on how to sweeten the beer and make sure it still has that sweetness when it comes time to bottle condition??

If you need any taste testers I can offer my services! My first beer (pale ale) tasted a bit watery before bottles and now it's anything but...actually waiting a few more weeks for the bitterness to go away - too bitter for my taste. So it should be fine!

8917 + 7 (2 1 gal batches + a 5 gal for July 4th) 8924 Which is too low - let's get brewing!

I would just wait it out and see what it tastes like when it's finished in the bottle. How long did the kit say to bottle?

Do you mind if I ask, what did you brew? Beer kit or your own recipe? And did you follow the instructions or change anything up?

Thanks again for all the feedback. Just started a Summer Ale and it's fermenting in my ale bucket. I don't plan on touching it for at least 2-3 weeks before bottling. I normally do a secondary with gelatin fining but I'm going to skip that and see how it turns out. A longer primary would be a...

I bought some Budweiser the other day (we were low on funds and I was out of homebrew). Got through one sip of a bottle and immediately felt cheated by the crappy taste. Good luck with your clone man.

Just did the same thing with my first pale ale too. Glad yours turned out well. Waiting for mine to finish in the bottles but it's going well.

Ok...I'm guessing oxidation is more of a concern if you're doing a secondary ferment? Thanks for your quick replies too.

If I had to guess, most of the healthy bacteria inside the SCOBY might have been compromised when you dropped it into such hot water. I would recommend waiting until the tea mixture is cooled down to at least 75F before putting the SCOBY in it. When home brewing beer we have to wait until the...

Relatively new to brewing here: have only made two 1 gallon batches - they turned out pretty good. But looking to make 5 gallon batches from now on but have a question about oxidation....I normally use a slightly larger primary and then a smaller secondary fermenting container but am going to...