Again a flat beer question!

[JLem]

What a good site to buy new beer bottles?

Your local liquor/beer/package store - they come prefilled! You can use them when they're empty.

 

[Jbird]

Your local liquor/beer/package store - they come prefilled! You can use them when they're empty.

That's true but I never see cool bottles

 

[Brewnoob1]

Regarding a wheat, I found a recipe and was going to brew it tonight. Pretty straight forward. Seemed super easy so decided to give it a try. Worst case scenario, I'll make beer haha

Recipe: Extract
Specialty Grains: 1/2lb Carapils (Head retention and fuller body)
LME: 4lbs Wheat, 3lbs Light
Hops: 2oz Cascade, .5oz at 60 min, 1oz at 15, .5 at flameout
Yeast: Nottingham Dry

Steep grains at 155 for 30 min, bring to boil, add 2lbs of LME, start your hop additions, add rest of LME at 10-15min left in boil...done.

 

[Jayhem]

That's true but I never see cool bottles

There are a lot of pre-filled bottles that are cool looking and work great for home brew use!

1. Guiness Draught

2. Red Hook

3. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

4. Sam Adams (boring but these bottles cap the best)

These 4 are also easy to remove the labels from, especially Guiness which uses a plastic vacuumed label that comes off in 5 seconds if you use a razor knife.

 

[JLem]

Regarding a wheat, I found a recipe and was going to brew it tonight. Pretty straight forward. Seemed super easy so decided to give it a try. Worst case scenario, I'll make beer haha

Recipe: Extract
Specialty Grains: 1/2lb Carapils (Head retention and fuller body)
LME: 4lbs Wheat, 3lbs Light
Hops: 2oz Cascade, .5oz at 60 min, 1oz at 15, .5 at flameout
Yeast: Nottingham Dry

Steep grains at 155 for 30 min, bring to boil, add 2lbs of LME, start your hop additions, add rest of LME at 10-15min left in boil...done.

With all the wheat, you do not need the Carapils for head retention or fuller body. Also, be aware that most wheat extracts are not 100% wheat - closer to 50/50 wheat/barley. So your recipe would really be about 2 pounds of wheat to 5 pounds of barley. True-to-style wheat beers are generally close to 50% wheat. Of course, there is no need to be true to style.

Hopping looks good. This will make a tasty beer.

 

[Brewnoob1]

I was actually following a simple American wheat recipe that called for 3lbs of Wheat, and 2lbs of light LME. I up'd it to 4lbs and 3lbs. A lot of good reviews on that brew, so I figured I'd give it a go. The carapils was a recommendation so thought it couldn't hurt. Unless you have any insight on that?

 

[JLem]

The carapils was a recommendation so thought it couldn't hurt. Unless you have any insight on that?

It won't hurt. I just don't think it is necessary.

 

[Brewnoob1]

It won't hurt. I just don't think it is necessary.

Thanks for the info!

 

[iasteeler]

My beer carbonated in a week I noticed visually when I took a few bottles to work to trade with other home brewers it foamed in the bottle like a shaken coke I cracked open a bottle and it tasted horrid

I want to work where you do. Don't have anyone where I work to trade beers with. I've had a lot of volunteers to help me drink what I have

 

[BamaRooster]

I want to work where you do. Don't have anyone where I work to trade beers with. I've had a lot of volunteers to help me drink what I have

Yep, plenty of those where i work too!

 

[Jbird]

Still new to brewing is there a good kit for wheat beer? I was thinking the American wheat from brew monsters. What do you all think of that one?

 

[JLem]

Still new to brewing is there a good kit for wheat beer? I was thinking the American wheat from brew monsters. What do you all think of that one?

I'm not familiar with it, but American Wheats are simple enough that this might be a good style to try without a kit. Wheat DME plus hops. Maybe a touch of light crystal malt.

 

[Jbird]

I'm not familiar with it, but American Wheats are simple enough that this might be a good style to try without a kit. Wheat DME plus hops. Maybe a touch of light crystal malt.

You know that's what I wanted to do. I wanted to stay away from a kit I am just scared I'm going to mess it up. Any good recipe to try?