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Im not sure what the kegging would be worth to me. what does the CO2 cost? I'd like to get away from the tedious task of bottles lol.

I've had good success with True Brews American wheat extract kit. it was pretty good. One thing Ive been told and have learned about wheat beers is they are usually better young.

ya I did a big pack of the yeast and I'm sitting at about 10.5% according to my OG and FG I was concerned that I wouldnt get any carbonation in the bottles with it being so high.

just wondering if any of you knew what alc% Nottingham yeast dies off?

I know this sounds strange but is there anywhere that will keg your beer for you if you have the kegs?

ok so this is what id in secondary now its the true brew red ale extract kit it contains Hopped Light Malt Extract – 1 can Unhopped Light Malt Extract – 1 can Melanoidin Malt Grain – 4 oz Grain Steeping Bag Hop Pellets – 1 oz Ale Yeast – 1 pack Priming Sugar – 5 oz On top of this I...

is it possible to prime your bottles with honey instead of the corn sugar? If so what would happen?

you will hear it time and time again on these forums, don't gauge fermentation by the airlock. Tell us more about your first brew was it a extract brew and All grain brew?? You also have to keep in mind that these are 2 totally different beers. As far as the head of the wheat is...

good idea gives me a total of 102 ways to use a dewalt drill

ok so I checked on the brew this afternoon and fermentation is underway. I feel better now.

ya using 1 1/4 cup of the muttons as priming.

I didnt cool my wort with an Ice bath or anything like that it was cooled in the boiling pot with a lid on it.

So I brewed a true brew red ale kit tonight but I was adding to it and think I may have screwed the pooch if you know what I mean. 1st. I cooled my Wort for about an hour and a half I added it to the fermenting bucket where I cooled it a little more with some cold water from the tap...

I just started brewing about 2 months ago I spent a total of $161.25 on the true brew starter kit, 6 gallon carboy and my 1st Ingredient kit(american wheat) The only other thing required was a brew pot Think I payed 5 bucks for my brew pot @ wally world. The only other thing that I had to come...

I have the True brew Red ale jsut coming up to drinking age tasted as I check carbonation, I used the kit as is and added extra LME in the boil I also used LME as the primer. It is very tasty the owner of my LHBS calls it Umphing the recipe up.

Unfortunately there is only one HBS here although the owner is very knowledgeable he deals more with pre-assembled kits then anything else

Hey guys I am trying to expand my brewing horizons, Ive been using true brew extract kits which have turned out very good. I want to add flavors to the beer such as cherry or blueberry. Do I add that to the boil or in the fermentation? I had posted last month about adding honey to one of my...

I keep reading that the wheat beers a require a short time to age and be drinkable. How long after 1st fermentation? A week? 2 weeks?

so if I add to the True brew kit add in the secondary? Or add in the boil? And if I add in the boil what should I use the honey in place of?

So I am through my 3rd batch of home brew and i wanna try some new things. I have currently done 2 batches of an american wheat and a red ale using True Brew Boil kits. I love the taste of the red ale and was just wondering if anyone had an idea as to how to add a Honey taste to it. I tried a...